Sudan

  • Key Indicators

    Summary Statistics
    Region: Northern Africa               
    Population 2023: 48,109,006            
    Capital city: Khartoum     
    Currency: Sudanese Pound (SDG)             
     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 0.5 -0.3 2.6
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 46.84 42.76 44.51
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 772.34 916.03 929.40
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 395.10 154.90 76.90
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 1,391    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 1,808    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 9,238    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 4,279    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 610,710    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 336,501    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) -2.594 -2.754 -3.357
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) -7.4 -6.4 -7.5
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -0.3 -2.2 -1.8
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 182 189.5 155.3
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 45,657,202 46,874,204 48,109,006
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 19.05