Sudan vs Zimbabwe

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP growth

GDP growth: -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019 and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Sudan, by 4.2 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP growthGDP growth: -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019 and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Sudan, by 4.2 percentage points.
SudanZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 8% a year and Zimbabwe at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSudanZimbabwe
2025–8.3
2024-19.31.7
2023-23.55.3
2022-2.55.7
20210.57.9
2020-3.6-11.5
2019-2.5-6.7
2018-2.34.3
20170.89.8
20164.71.2
20154.92.1
20144.72.4
201322
2012-1715.4
2011-3.214.3
20103.919.6
2009-2.87.4
20083.8-16.3
20075.7-3.4
20066.5-3.6
20055.6-7.4
20045.1-6.3
20036.3-16.2
20025.9-7.7
200110.9-0.5
20008.4-4.2
19994.2-1.1
19988.2–
19976.1–
19965.5–
19958.9–
19943.5–
19932.8–
19925.5–
19917–
19900.8–
19891.4–
19884.3–
19876.5–
19869.9–
1985-0.6–
1984-5.6–
1983-1.5–
19824.1–
19816.3–
19802.5–
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSudanZimbabwe
202675
2027153.5
2028105
202984.2
203084.2
203184.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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