Eritrea vs Sudan: Overall budget balance, including grants

Eritrea
-4.45 billion current LCU
in 2009
Sudan
-5.86 billion current LCU
in 2009
Eritrea rank
22nd
Sudan rank
23rd

Overall budget balance, including grants over time

  • Eritrea
  • Sudan
-6.0B-4.0B-2.0B02.0B199019992009

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports -4.45 billion current LCU against -5.86 billion current LCU in Sudan, a difference of 1.41 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 23rd of 51 countries.

Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Sudan Difference Ahead
1990s -801.09 million current LCU 40.82 million current LCU 841.91 million current LCU Sudan
2000s -2.97 billion current LCU -1.71 billion current LCU 1.26 billion current LCU Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Eritrea or Sudan?
Eritrea, at -4.45 billion current LCU against -5.86 billion current LCU in Sudan as of 2009.
What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Eritrea and Sudan?
1.41 billion current LCU, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sudan?
18 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2009.
How do Eritrea and Sudan rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
Eritrea ranks 22nd and Sudan ranks 23rd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.