Chad
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Identity
Formal name: Republic of Chad.
CIA 2026
Identity
Name origin: named for Lake Chad, which lies along the country's western border.
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Chad vs Sudan
101 shared metrics.
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Sudan
Quick notes before you compare the numbers.
Identity
Formal name: Republic of the Sudan.
CIA 2026
Identity
Name origin: the name derives from the Arabic balad-as-sudan, meaning "Land of the Black [peoples]".
CIA 2026
Analysis
Sudan leads in 52 of 101 shared metrics, while Chad leads in 49.
Chad's Alcohol Consumption is 290.0x that of Sudan (2.9 L/adult/yr vs 0.01 L/adult/yr).
Chad's Beer Consumption is 207.3x that of Sudan (0.27 L/person/yr vs 0.00 L/person/yr).
Chad's Exports (% GDP) is 40.3x that of Sudan (29.77% of GDP vs 0.72% of GDP).
Chad's Imports (% GDP) is 13.2x that of Sudan (18.09% of GDP vs 1.3% of GDP).
Chad's Protected Land (%) is 8.1x that of Sudan (21% vs 2.3%).
Key Comparisons
Alcohol ConsumptionChad leads
Chad
2.9 L/adult/yr
Sudan
0.01 L/adult/yr
Beer ConsumptionChad leads
Chad
0.27 L/person/yr
Sudan
0.00 L/person/yr
Exports (% GDP)Chad leads
Chad
29.77% of GDP
Sudan
0.72% of GDP
Imports (% GDP)Chad leads
Chad
18.09% of GDP
Sudan
1.3% of GDP
Protected Land (%)Chad leads
Chad
21%
Sudan
2.3%
Credit Card OwnershipChad leads
Chad
3.5% of adults
Sudan
0.40% of adults
All Metrics
Alcohol Consumption
ChadChad
2.9 L/adult/yr
Sudan
0.01 L/adult/yr
29000% higher
Beer Consumption
ChadChad
0.27 L/person/yr
Sudan
0.00 L/person/yr
20731% higher
Exports (% GDP)
ChadChad
29.77% of GDP
Sudan
0.72% of GDP
4030% higher
Imports (% GDP)
ChadChad
18.09% of GDP
Sudan
1.3% of GDP
1320% higher
Protected Land (%)
ChadChad
21%
Sudan
2.3%
813% higher
Credit Card Ownership
ChadChad
3.5% of adults
Sudan
0.40% of adults
778% higher
Seafood Consumption per Person
ChadChad
6.5 kg/person/yr
Sudan
1.1 kg/person/yr
481% higher
Firms Making Informal Payments
ChadChad
24.81% of firms
Sudan
5.8% of firms
328% higher
Electricity Carbon Intensity
ChadChad
621.62 gCO2/kWh
Sudan
153.69 gCO2/kWh
304% higher
Military Spending
ChadChad
3.0% of GDP
Sudan
0.93% of GDP
223% higher
Women's Political Empowerment
ChadChad
0.63
Sudan
0.22
185% higher
Firms with Female Top Manager
ChadChad
8.5% of firms
Sudan
3.4% of firms
149% higher
Vehicles per 1,000 People
ChadChad
74.36 per 1k people
Sudan
30.36 per 1k people
145% higher
Teen Birth Rate
ChadChad
134.74 per 1k
Sudan
66.07 per 1k
104% higher
Child Mortality
ChadChad
101.1 per 1k births
Sudan
50.1 per 1k births
102% higher
Time Zones Count
ChadChad
2.0 time zones
Sudan
1.0 time zones
100% higher
Water Stress (%)
SudanChad
5.9%
Sudan
673.38%
99% lower
Can Raise Emergency Money
ChadChad
92.24% of adults
Sudan
46.28% of adults
99% higher
Irrigated Land
SudanChad
300 km²
Sudan
15.5K km²
98% lower
Electricity Generation
SudanChad
0.39 TWh
Sudan
16.75 TWh
98% lower
Water Withdrawal
SudanChad
0.88 B m³
Sudan
26.93 B m³
97% lower
Electric Generating Capacity
SudanChad
167.0K kW
Sudan
3.81M kW
96% lower
Firms Asked for Bribes
ChadChad
34.27% of firms
Sudan
17.6% of firms
95% higher
Electricity Use (Per Capita)
SudanChad
14.47 kWh/person
Sudan
278.82 kWh/person
95% lower
Inflation Rate
SudanChad
8.9%
Sudan
138.8%
94% lower
Scientific Publications
SudanChad
28.87
Sudan
507.12
94% lower
Youth Unemployment Rate
SudanChad
1.5% of youth labor force
Sudan
12% of youth labor force
88% lower
Milk Consumption per Person
SudanChad
20.63 kg/person/yr
Sudan
155.2 kg/person/yr
87% lower
Total CO2 Emissions
SudanChad
2.9 Mt CO2e
Sudan
21.87 Mt CO2e
87% lower
Unemployment Rate
SudanChad
1.1%
Sudan
7.5%
86% lower
Electoral Democracy Index
ChadChad
0.24
Sudan
0.13
86% higher
Liberal Democracy Index
ChadChad
0.06
Sudan
0.03
82% higher
Electricity Access (%)
SudanChad
12%
Sudan
66%
82% lower
Sanitation Access (%)
SudanChad
13.14%
Sudan
65.71%
80% lower
Forest Area
SudanChad
39.8K km²
Sudan
178.4K km²
78% lower
ATMs per 100,000 Adults
SudanChad
1.8 per 100k
Sudan
6.4 per 100k
72% lower
Armed Forces Personnel
SudanChad
45.0K
Sudan
144.0K
69% lower
Forest Coverage (%)
SudanChad
3.2%
Sudan
9.6%
67% lower
Suicide Rate
ChadChad
5.2 per 100k
Sudan
3.2 per 100k
65% higher
Doctors (per 1,000)
SudanChad
0.09 per 1k
Sudan
0.25 per 1k
64% lower
EV Chargers per 100,000 People
SudanChad
0.01 per 100k people
Sudan
0.01 per 100k people
64% lower
Obesity Rate
SudanChad
5.7%
Sudan
15.5%
63% lower
Population
SudanChad
19.67M
Sudan
50.47M
61% lower
GDP (Nominal)
SudanChad
$19,518,819,751.28
Sudan
$49,672,435,513.11
61% lower
CO2 Per Capita
SudanChad
0.14 t/person/yr
Sudan
0.35 t/person/yr
60% lower
Corruption Perceptions Index
ChadChad
22 pts
Sudan
14 pts
57% higher
Energy Use (Per Capita)
SudanChad
198.54 kg oil eq/person
Sudan
411.78 kg oil eq/person
52% lower
Internet Users (%)
SudanChad
13%
Sudan
26%
50% lower
Infant Mortality
ChadChad
58.7 per 1k births
Sudan
39.2 per 1k births
50% higher
Digital Payments Used
ChadChad
18.04% of adults
Sudan
12.02% of adults
50% higher
Freedom of Expression Index
ChadChad
0.43
Sudan
0.29
48% higher
Government Debt (% GDP)
SudanChad
52.4% of GDP
Sudan
99.5% of GDP
47% lower
Death Rate
ChadChad
8.8 per 1k
Sudan
6.0 per 1k
46% higher
Population Density
SudanChad
15.34 /km²
Sudan
26.79 /km²
43% lower
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)
SudanChad
0.40 per 1k
Sudan
0.70 per 1k
43% lower
Elderly Population (%)
SudanChad
2.1%
Sudan
3.3%
36% lower
Road Traffic Death Rate
ChadChad
26.4 per 100k
Sudan
19.6 per 100k
35% higher
Agricultural Land (%)
SudanChad
39.98%
Sudan
60.31%
34% lower
Land Area
SudanChad
1.26M km²
Sudan
1.87M km²
33% lower
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
SudanChad
2.0 sites
Sudan
3.0 sites
33% lower
Political Corruption Index
ChadChad
0.95
Sudan
0.72
32% higher
GNI Per Capita
ChadChad
$940
Sudan
$710
32% higher
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
ChadChad
$2,742.66
Sudan
$2,115.82
30% higher
Health Spending Per Capita
ChadChad
$40.17
Sudan
$31.58
27% higher
Meat Consumption per Person
ChadChad
26.48 kg/person/yr
Sudan
21.39 kg/person/yr
24% higher
Urban Population (%)
SudanChad
26.93%
Sudan
34.87%
23% lower
Capital Elevation
SudanChad
298 m
Sudan
382 m
22% lower
Minimum Paid Vacation Days
ChadChad
24 days/yr
Sudan
20 days/yr
20% higher
Human Development Index
SudanChad
0.42
Sudan
0.51
19% lower
Dependency Ratio
ChadChad
92.92% of working-age pop.
Sudan
77.85% of working-age pop.
19% higher
Birth Rate
ChadChad
38.62 per 1k
Sudan
32.95 per 1k
17% higher
Life Expectancy
SudanChad
55.1 years
Sudan
66.3 years
17% lower
Median Age
SudanChad
15.4 years
Sudan
18.3 years
16% lower
Fertility Rate
ChadChad
5.1 children/woman
Sudan
4.4 children/woman
16% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
ChadChad
70%
Sudan
61%
15% higher
Food Waste per Person
SudanChad
132.79 kg/person/yr
Sudan
156.32 kg/person/yr
15% lower
Youth Population (%)
ChadChad
46.06%
Sudan
40.47%
14% higher
Border Neighbors
SudanChad
6.0
Sudan
7.0
14% lower
Highest Elevation
ChadChad
3.4K m
Sudan
3.0K m
13% higher
Airports
ChadChad
47
Sudan
44
7% higher
Air Pollution (PM2.5)
ChadChad
49.14 µg/m³
Sudan
45.83 µg/m³
7% higher
Hypertension Prevalence
SudanChad
38.9% of adults
Sudan
41.2% of adults
6% lower
Land Border Length
SudanChad
6.4K km
Sudan
6.8K km
6% lower
Informal Employment Share
ChadChad
97.57% of employed people
Sudan
94.22% of employed people
4% higher
Spirits Consumption
SudanChad
0.00 L/person/yr
Sudan
0.00 L/person/yr
3% lower
Firms Hit by Power Outages
ChadChad
96.17% of firms
Sudan
93.72% of firms
3% higher
Health Spending (% GDP)
SudanChad
4.5% of GDP
Sudan
4.6% of GDP
2% lower
Insufficient Physical Activity
ChadChad
19.4% of adults
Sudan
19.11% of adults
2% higher
Mobile Subscriptions (%)
SudanChad
73 per 100 people
Sudan
74 per 100 people
1% lower
Coastline Length
SudanChad
0 km
Sudan
853 km
ranked lower
Coal Electricity Share
SudanChad
0%
Sudan
0%
ranked lower
Wind Electricity Share
ChadChad
2.7%
Sudan
0%
ranked higher
Solar Electricity Share
SudanChad
0%
Sudan
1.1%
ranked lower
Broadband Access (%)
SudanChad
0 per 100 people
Sudan
202 per 100 people
ranked lower
GDP Growth Rate
ChadChad
4.2%
Sudan
-13.96%
ranked higher
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People
SudanChad
0 per 1M people
Sudan
0 per 1M people
ranked lower
Lowest Elevation
ChadChad
160 m
Sudan
0 m
ranked higher
Official Languages Count
SudanChad
2.0
Sudan
2.0
equal
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
ChadChad
0.20% of GDP
Sudan
-8.1% of GDP
ranked higher
FDI Inflows (% GDP)
ChadChad
5.2% of GDP
Sudan
0% of GDP
ranked higher
McDonald's Outlets per Million People
SudanChad
0 per 1M people
Sudan
0 per 1M people
ranked lower
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