Sudan
Everything Palanor holds about Sudan, in one place: 52 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AfricaMiddle East & North AfricaMiddle East & Africa
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $60.2 billion (2025); 96th percentile since 1990; highest since 2008; 1y +21.1%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 81.5% of GDP (2025); 57th percentile since 1990; highest since 2021; 1y +0.46 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -0.18% of GDP (2025); 82nd percentile since 1990; highest since 2022; 1y +0.37 pts.
Country Posture
What Sudan’s economy is doing
Momentum
2024Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | -14.0 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -3.2 |
| Change in unemployment | — |
| Change in the employment rate | — |
| Export volume growth | -13.4 |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
2025Withheld: 2 of 5 core inputs reported for 2025.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue | — |
| Budget balance | — |
| Reserves, months of imports | — |
| Current account | -8.5 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -1.86 |
| External debt (2024) | 45.4 |
Pressure
2022Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 139 |
| Change in inflation | -220 |
| Currency move against the dollar | 38.8% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 28.5 |
| Political stability | -1.93 |
| Private credit, three-year change | -3.5 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Sudan passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Sudan itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Recorded changes
- 2025-06-09United States · visit: Visa required → Not admitted source
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Sudan’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 81.5% of GDP, government consumption 17.9%, investment 0.7% and net exports -0.2% (exports 1.1%, imports 1.3%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Sudan
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 6.3 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | -19.3 (2024) | 7.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 99.9 | 41.3 | 50.9 | 12.0 |
| Unemployment rate% of labor force | 61.2 | 59.5 | 54.7 | 43.3 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 36.5 | 30.9 | 27.2 | 40.3 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 120.5 | 133.2 | 158.0 | 236.0 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 724.0 | 596.6 | 512.0 | 685.1 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -8.6 | -14.6 | -13.0 | -11.3 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 204.4 | 334.4 | 274.1 | 192.2 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -3.1 | -3.9 | -5.5 | -2.3 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -2.9 | -3.5 | -4.9 | -2.0 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, killed at least 150 people on Monday, a local official said. Officials blamed Sudan’s military for the attack. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/w...
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-21negative · -strike -killed -attack
- A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, killed at least 150 people on Monday, a local official said. Officials blamed South Sudan’s government forces for the attack. nyti.ms/487ybyc
The New York Times · Bluesky2026-10-21negative · -strike -killed -attack
- Sudan gold rush leaves toxic legacy as war drives mining
MINING.COM2026-10-19negative · -war
- Deadly Airstrikes Expose Growing Battle Over Sudan’s Gold
OilPrice.com2026-10-16neutral
- Air strike kills at least 72 miners in Sudan, rights group says
MINING.COM2026-10-13negative · -strike -kills
- An airstrike has killed at least 13 artisanal miners in a border area between Sudan and Egypt, according to a medical group.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-12negative · -killed
- The Nobel Peace Prize is set to be awarded in Norway. Prognosticators say possible contenders this year include the International Space Station, emergency teams in Sudan, children’s advocates in Ukraine and two top international courts.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-09positive · +peace
- Experts say the Nobel Peace Prize might go to the International Space Station this year, highlighting global cooperation. But terrestrial contenders include U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and emergency teams in Sudan.
The Associated Press · Bluesky2026-10-02positive · +peace
Headlines that name Sudan, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Signals
Every series about Sudan
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 52 in the Library.
Growth and output4
- Sudan · GDP · USD bn (current)96th percentile since 1990; highest since 2008; 1y +21.1%$60.2bn2025
- Sudan: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Rates54th percentile since 1990; highest since 2016; 1y +0.007 pts0.05% of world GDP2025
- Sudan: Share of World GDP Minus Share of World Population4th percentile since 1990; 1y −0.002 pts-0.582025
- Sudan: Share of World Populationrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.009 pts0.63% of world population2025
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Sudan · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record high since 1989; 1y +958.3%75,174 deaths2025
- Sudan · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record high since 1989; 1y +162.2%12,269 deaths2025
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Sudan (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +1.60 pts8% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world3 of 5
- Sudan Burned Area (GWIS)90th percentile since 2002; highest since 2007; 1y +49.6%9.572025
- Sudan · Plastic Emitted to the Ocean by Rivers · tonnes per year (2015)103.9 t/yr2015
- Sudan · Share of Global River Plastic Emitted to the Ocean · % (2015)0.01% of world2015
More about this country2
- Sudan · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)98th percentile since Sep 1958; 1y −0.2%$1.36bn2026-09-01
- Sudan · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDP45th percentile since 1980; lowest since 2020; 1y −1.05 pts3.72% of GDP2025
Peers
Elsewhere in Africa
Alphabetical. Palanor does not rank countries.
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