Embassy of the Sudan in Geneva

SUDAN ECONOMY
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (in billion pounds):154,494 pounds
Gross Domestic Product (in billion dollars):66.6 dollars
" Country comparison to the world: 64
Gross Domestic Product GDP (real growth rate) 2011: 6.2
" The World Bank classified Sudan among the fastest recovering economies from the world financial crisis. According to its estimates, based on performance (in the first quarter of 2011), Sudan came third in the Middle East and North Africa after Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Sudan's GDP was 5.5 in 2010.
" Country comparison to the world: 62
GDP Per Capita: 2380 dollars
Gross Domestic Product (per sector):
" Agriculture: 31.6% from the national product (9% from non- oil exports)
" Labor force in the sector: 50.23 % of the population
" Industry: 26% (9% from non -oil exports)
" Services: 42.1%
Unemployment Rate: 11%
Absolute Poverty: 8% of the population.
Direct Foreign Investment (in billions of dollars): 2, 981
" Sudan ranks second in Middle East and North Africa.
" Third in Africa
Percentage of Revenues to GDP: 18.1 %
Percentage of Current Expenditure to GDP: 18.2%
Percentage of Current Expenditure on Development to GDP: 3.7%
Percentage of Total Expenditure to GDP: 21.9 %
Inflation Rate: Annual average: 13 %
National Herd Size of Livestock (cows / camels/ sheep): 102,846,331
Industries:
Oil, gold, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap, shoes, petroleum refining, armaments, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, meat, and leather
" Growth Rate of Industrial Sector: 23%
" Growth Rate of Services Sector: -1%
" Growth Rate of Agricultural Sector: 3.6%

Electricity:
" Generated power: 8,850 gig watt /hour
" Per capita electricity: 233 kilowatt/hour (it was 92 kilowatt /hour in 2006)
Oil:
" Production: 118,000 barrels per day (BPD)
" Consumption: 115,000 BPD
" Operating refineries: 2
" Refining capacity for crude oil: 115,000 BPD
" Export ports: 3
Exports:
" Percentage of the National Income: 17 %
" Commodities: Gold , copper , chromium , oil and petroleum products , cotton , sesame , groundnuts , gum Arabic , sugar , hibiscus , seeds ( sunflower , watermelon seeds , senna) ,maize, fruits, vegetable, livestock, leather, and medical gas
" Partners: China / Japan / Indonesia / India / Saudi Arabia / Egypt / UAE
Imports:
" Percentage of National Income: 14 %
" Commodities: Food, manufactured goods, refinery and transportation equipment, medicines, chemicals, spices, textiles, wheat, fertilizers, rubber, paper
" Partners: China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, UAE.
Foreign Debt: 37 billion dollar (before secession of the south)