Ethiopia vs Sudan: Government spending as share of GDP

Ethiopia

9.5%

in 2024

Sudan

6.4%

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

148th

Sudan rank

150th

Government spending as share of GDP over time

Ethiopia currently reports 9.5% against 6.4% in Sudan, a difference of 3.2%.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.5 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sudan ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 148th and Sudan ranks 150th of 151 countries.

Indicator: Government spending as share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: International Monetary Fund (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 151 places, 9,265 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The sum of all the money spent by the government on goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. It includes interest paid on government debt.