Sudan vs Vietnam
Sudan vs Vietnam: Government debt
Government debt: 191.3% of GDP in Sudan in 2021 and 30.5% of GDP in Vietnam in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 152.1 percentage points, or 4.88 times that in Vietnam.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 192.2% of GDP and Vietnam at 24.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Sudan | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204.4 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | 282.3 | 31.2 |
| 2023 | 286.9 | 34.3 |
| 2022 | 189 | 34.9 |
| 2021 | 191.3 | 39.2 |
| 2020 | 278.8 | 41.3 |
| 2019 | 216.5 | 41 |
| 2018 | 209.8 | 43.8 |
| 2017 | 149.5 | 46.6 |
| 2016 | 109.9 | 47.9 |
| 2015 | 93.2 | 46.1 |
| 2014 | 84.4 | 43.4 |
| 2013 | 105.8 | 41.4 |
| 2012 | 117.7 | 38.3 |
| 2011 | 78.1 | 36.2 |
| 2010 | 74.6 | 37.3 |
| 2009 | 71 | 36.2 |
| 2008 | 55.8 | 31.1 |
| 2007 | 53.7 | 32.2 |
| 2006 | 63.7 | 30.3 |
| 2005 | 75.5 | 28.7 |
| 2004 | 97.8 | 29.4 |
| 2003 | 117.4 | 29.8 |
| 2002 | 121.7 | 27.7 |
| 2001 | 125.6 | 25.4 |
| 2000 | 143.2 | 24.8 |
| 1999 | 160.5 | – |
| 1998 | 179.7 | – |
| 1997 | 167.7 | – |
| 1996 | 220.9 | – |
| 1995 | 239 | – |
| 1994 | 386.5 | – |
| 1993 | 285.9 | – |
| 1992 | 495.2 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Sudan | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 334.4 | 28.3 |
| 2027 | 274.1 | 26.2 |
| 2028 | 235.5 | 25.3 |
| 2029 | 225.2 | 24.6 |
| 2030 | 212 | 24.4 |
| 2031 | 192.2 | 24.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018