{"id":"2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","language":"en","title":"Sudan: World Bank estimates 2026 growth and inflation","summary":"The World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives Sudan estimates and forecasts for real GDP growth and inflation.","body":["The World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for Sudan. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.","The real GDP growth rate for Sudan is 3.1% in 2025, an estimated 2.1% in 2026 and a forecast 3.5% in 2027. These are total real GDP rates, not per-capita growth. The report labels 2026 “e” for estimate and 2027 “f” for forecast.","Sudan inflation is shown at 111.5% in 2025 and 77.7% in 2026 and 60.0% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.","For 2026, Sudan’s 2.1% total real GDP growth estimate and 77.7% inflation estimate are two national annual indicators. They do not show sector contributions, monthly price movements, or which input costs drove inflation; the appendix does not specify whether CPI inflation is an annual average or a year-end rate."],"keyPoints":["Real GDP growth: 2025 3.1%, 2026 2.1% (estimate), 2027 3.5% (forecast).","Inflation: 2025 111.5%, 2026 77.7% (estimate), 2027 60.0% (forecast).","Annual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified."],"sections":[],"text":"Sudan: World Bank estimates 2026 growth and inflation\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives Sudan estimates and forecasts for real GDP growth and inflation.\n\nReal GDP growth: 2025 3.1%, 2026 2.1% (estimate), 2027 3.5% (forecast).\n\nInflation: 2025 111.5%, 2026 77.7% (estimate), 2027 60.0% (forecast).\n\nAnnual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified.\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for Sudan. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.\n\nThe real GDP growth rate for Sudan is 3.1% in 2025, an estimated 2.1% in 2026 and a forecast 3.5% in 2027. These are total real GDP rates, not per-capita growth. The report labels 2026 “e” for estimate and 2027 “f” for forecast.\n\nSudan inflation is shown at 111.5% in 2025 and 77.7% in 2026 and 60.0% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.\n\nFor 2026, Sudan’s 2.1% total real GDP growth estimate and 77.7% inflation estimate are two national annual indicators. They do not show sector contributions, monthly price movements, or which input costs drove inflation; the appendix does not specify whether CPI inflation is an annual average or a year-end rate.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","inflation","finance"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-12T00:00:10Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-09T21:04:34Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/10/06/economic-growth-in-sub-saharan-africa-gains-momentum-despite-global-uncertainty","name":"World Bank Group","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","publishedAt":"2026-10-06"},{"url":"https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/09084a4b-850b-4630-9914-9b57c3cf0486/download","name":"Full report PDF, Appendix table A.1","licence":"Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO). 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Views and opinions expressed in the adaptation are the sole responsibility of the author or authors and are not endorsed by the World Bank."},{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/africa-economic-update","name":"October 2026 report publication page","checkedAt":"2026-10-09"},{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/macro-poverty-outlook/mpo_ssa","name":"World Bank Macro Poverty Outlook country index","checkedAt":"2026-10-09"},{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/legal/terms-conditions/open-knowledge-repository","name":"World Bank Open Knowledge Repository terms","checkedAt":"2026-10-09"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-report-sd-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-12T00:00:10Z","language":"en","text":"Completed full translations and corrected localized terminology and explanatory labels to preserve all original details."}],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SD","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["statistical-estimate","forecast"],"measurementPeriod":null}}