1. Diverging pathsGhana and Sudan

   Ghana and Sudan: similar GDP per person in 1990, 3.9 times apart in 2025

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   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $2,800 in Ghana and $2,500 in Sudan in 1990; $7,400 and $1,900 in 2025. Ghana grew 2.6-fold; Sudan fell 24%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

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• Sudan: more babies born than in Russia
• Ghana: more babies born than in Germany
• Ghana: 7 in 10 are online, but only 2 in 10 have toilet waste that is safely treated
• Ghana: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Sudan: 3.79M natives live abroad, 1.6 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• Sudan: 81% of its electricity is made without coal, gas or oil, but there is 7.4 times less of it per person than in a typical country

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