Sudan vs Zambia
Sudan vs Zambia: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 4.3 years in Sudan and 5 years in Zambia, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.7 years, or 1.17 times that in Sudan.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
- In 2020, Sudan ranked 163 and Zambia ranked 149 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Sudan | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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