Sudan vs Syria: Economic Indicators Comparison

Sudan with a GDP of $40.9B ranked the 92nd largest economy in the world, while Syria ranked 95th with $40.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Sudan and Syria ranked 141st vs 178th and 171st vs 147th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Sudan	Syria
GDP	$40.9B	$40.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	-2.1%	5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.8%	-3.1%
Population	40.5M	18.3M
GDP per capita	$977	$2k
GDP per capita growth	-4.63%	1.35%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5	21.32
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.2	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.2k	$3.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$65.2B	$36.2B
GNI per capita	$1.6k	$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$185.1B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.4k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Sudan	Syria
Income Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	63.3%	0.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	23.9%	12%
Unemployment	12.9%	8.1%
Economic Freedom Index	45	34
Personal Freedom Index	3.82	5.05
Human Freedom Index	4.44	5.34
Property Rights Index	33.7	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	20.8	20.8
Business Freedom Index	53.5	48.9
Fiscal Health Index	12.4	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	60	59.3
Investment Freedom Index	5	0
Financial Freedom Index	20	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	52	51.6
Monetary Freedom Index	77	58.8
Government Spending Index	94.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	86.1	N/A
Government Integrity Index	25.5	21.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	16	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	64.9	71
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	8.1	1.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25.7	26.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	5.2	2.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	836k	5.1M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Sudan	Syria
Central government debt, % of GDP	163.2%	130.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	56.9%	103.9%
External debt stocks	$21.6B	$4.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	2986.8%	2.7%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	4.2%	3.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	15.1%	28.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	19.3%	27.8%
Total reserves including gold	$177.9M	$20.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.1B	$804.2M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Sudan	Syria
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	10.2%	38.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	12.3%	37.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$4.7B	-$367.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	9.5%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$918.4M	$9.8B
Personal remittances received	$425.2M	$1.6B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	2.4%	35.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	31.5%	19.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$56k	$36.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$479	$1.4M
Expense, % of GDP	10.5%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	13.6%	N/A