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Chad vs Sudan

101 shared metrics.

ChadLeads in 49

vs101 shared

SudanLeads in 52

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Chad

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Chad.

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Identity

Name origin: named for Lake Chad, which lies along the country's western border.

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Sudan

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Sudan.

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Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the Arabic balad-as-sudan, meaning "Land of the Black [peoples]".

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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

Chad

2.9 L/adult/yr

Sudan

0.01 L/adult/yr

29000% higher

Beer Consumption

Chad

0.27 L/person/yr

Sudan

0.00 L/person/yr

20731% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Chad

29.77% of GDP

Sudan

0.72% of GDP

4030% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Chad

18.09% of GDP

Sudan

1.3% of GDP

1320% higher

Protected Land (%)

Chad

21%

Sudan

2.3%

813% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Chad

3.5% of adults

Sudan

0.40% of adults

778% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Chad

6.5 kg/person/yr

Sudan

1.1 kg/person/yr

481% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Chad

24.81% of firms

Sudan

5.8% of firms

328% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Chad

621.62 gCO2/kWh

Sudan

153.69 gCO2/kWh

304% higher

Military Spending

Chad

3.0% of GDP

Sudan

0.93% of GDP

223% higher

Women's Political Empowerment

Chad

0.63

Sudan

0.22

185% higher

Firms with Female Top Manager

Chad

8.5% of firms

Sudan

3.4% of firms

149% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Chad

74.36 per 1k people

Sudan

30.36 per 1k people

145% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Chad

134.74 per 1k

Sudan

66.07 per 1k

104% higher

Child Mortality

Chad

101.1 per 1k births

Sudan

50.1 per 1k births

102% higher

Time Zones Count

Chad

2.0 time zones

Sudan

1.0 time zones

100% higher

Water Stress (%)

Sudan

Chad

5.9%

Sudan

673.38%

99% lower

Can Raise Emergency Money

Chad

92.24% of adults

Sudan

46.28% of adults

99% higher

Irrigated Land

Sudan

Chad

300 km²

Sudan

15.5K km²

98% lower

Electricity Generation

Sudan

Chad

0.39 TWh

Sudan

16.75 TWh

98% lower

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

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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

Alcohol Consumption

2.9 L/adult/yr

0.01 L/adult/yr

Beer Consumption

0.27 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Exports (% GDP)

29.77% of GDP

0.72% of GDP

Imports (% GDP)

18.09% of GDP

1.3% of GDP

Protected Land (%)

21%

2.3%

Credit Card Ownership

3.5% of adults

0.40% of adults

Seafood Consumption per Person

6.5 kg/person/yr

1.1 kg/person/yr

Firms Making Informal Payments

24.81% of firms

5.8% of firms

Electricity Carbon Intensity

621.62 gCO2/kWh

153.69 gCO2/kWh

Military Spending

3.0% of GDP

0.93% of GDP

Women's Political Empowerment

0.63

0.22

Firms with Female Top Manager

8.5% of firms

3.4% of firms

Vehicles per 1,000 People

74.36 per 1k people

30.36 per 1k people

Teen Birth Rate

134.74 per 1k

66.07 per 1k

Child Mortality

101.1 per 1k births

50.1 per 1k births

Time Zones Count

2.0 time zones

1.0 time zones

Water Stress (%)

5.9%

673.38%

Can Raise Emergency Money

92.24% of adults

46.28% of adults

Irrigated Land

300 km²

15.5K km²

Electricity Generation

0.39 TWh

16.75 TWh

Chad vs Sudan

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Alcohol Consumption

Beer Consumption

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Protected Land (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Seafood Consumption per Person

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Military Spending

Women's Political Empowerment

Firms with Female Top Manager

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Teen Birth Rate

Child Mortality

Time Zones Count

Water Stress (%)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Irrigated Land

Electricity Generation

Water Withdrawal

Electric Generating Capacity

Firms Asked for Bribes

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Youth Unemployment Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Total CO2 Emissions

Unemployment Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Access (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Forest Area

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Coverage (%)

Suicide Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Obesity Rate

Population

GDP (Nominal)

CO2 Per Capita

Corruption Perceptions Index

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Internet Users (%)

Infant Mortality

Digital Payments Used

Freedom of Expression Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Death Rate

Population Density

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Elderly Population (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Land Area

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Political Corruption Index

GNI Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

Urban Population (%)

Capital Elevation

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Human Development Index

Dependency Ratio

Birth Rate

Life Expectancy