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SDN Sudan

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Sudan in 1 minute

Data years 2025
Economic overview?

The economy is still expanding

Returned to growth in 2025 after contracting in 2024

Growth 3.1%year 2025
Prices?

Price data is insufficient

Available data cannot yet support a summary of price pressure.

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Government debt pressure

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Area score: 71.8 /100

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Cost of living ?

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Jobs and income ?

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Borrowing and debt ?

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Is the economy growing or shrinking? ?

Year 2025 growth was 3.1% compared with -14.0% in 2024 · Returned to growth in 2025 after contracting in 2024

-34.4%-20.1%-5.9%8.4% 2016: 3.47%2016 2017: 0.71% 2018: -2.68%2018 2019: -2.18% 2020: -3.63%2020 2021: -1.87% 2022: -0.96%2022 2023: -29.43% 2024: -13.96%2024 2025: 3.06%2025

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Overall pressure score ?

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Data coverage ?

50%

Not a measure of accuracy · base year 2025

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Economic contraction

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Inflation pressure

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Currency and external liquidity

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▥71.8/100

Government debt pressure

Read government debt alongside growth. High debt alone does not imply default.

Screening score, not event probability
▤—Insufficient data

Credit vulnerability

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Insufficient data to score this area

Figures and observation years

Sources and credits ↗
Indicator ?ValueObservation year ?Status ?
Real GDP growth ?3.06% per year2025Used in assessment
CPI inflation ?138.81% per year2022Old · excluded from score
Current account balance ?-8.46% GDP2025Used in assessment
Reserves in months of imports ?0.19months2017Old · excluded from score
Private sector credit ?5.64% GDP2022Old · excluded from score
Unemployment ?7.53% of labor force2022Old · excluded from score
General government debt ?204.40% GDP2025Used in assessmentMay be an estimate
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