Sudan vs Zambia
Sudan vs Zambia: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school in 2017: 58.9% in Sudan and 84.9% in Zambia, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 26 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Sudan.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 1925, when it overtook Sudan.
- In 2012, Sudan ranked 95 and Zambia ranked 54 of 97 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2017.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Sudan | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | 58.9 | 84.9 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | 62 | – | 88.3 |
| 2015 | 59.1 | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | 58.7 | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 57.6 | 87.4 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | 56.5 | 90.4 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 88.7 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | 85.6 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | 88 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | 90.2 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | 90.2 | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 90 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 81.1 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | 67.2 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | 65.3 | 81 |
| 2000 | – | 65.1 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 65.1 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | 67 | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 69.8 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 71.5 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 78.2 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 79.7 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 43 | 81 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 33.7 | 78 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 28.4 | 73.4 | 69 |
| 1965 | 20.6 | 49.5 | 66 |
| 1960 | 13.7 | 37 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 5.7 | 33 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 7.3 | 29.2 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 5.7 | 19.9 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 4.5 | 12.8 | 40 |
| 1935 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 33 |
| 1920 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 1 | 0 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 0.8 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.6 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.5 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.4 | 0 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.3 | 0 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.2 | 0 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.2 | 0 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.1 | 0 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.1 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.1 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.1 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateSudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990