The purpose of this brief report is to compare and contrast two countries û Sudan and Suriname û with respect to key economic indicators. These indicators are Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita income, stock market indices, and ten largest corporations. The literature will be used to illustrate the similarities and differences in these two countries.
The following table depicts GDP for Sudan and Suriname for a multi-year period beginning in 1999 and ending in 2002. An extensive Internet database search failed to reveal GDP data for 2003.
(Sources: Indexmundi, "Suriname" p. 1; Indexmundi, "Sudan," p. 1).
When GDP real growth rate is considered, it is revealed that in Suriname GDP real growth rate declined by 1 percent in 1999, declined by 5.5 percent in 2000, and increased by 1,2 percent in 2002 (Indexmundi, "Suriname-GDP," p.1). In Sudan during this period, the real growth rate of GDP in 1999 was 3 percent, rising to 7 percent in 2000 and declining to 5.5 percent in 2001; as of 2002, real growth rate in GDP was 5.1 percent (Indexmundi, "Sudan û GDP," p. 1).
Per capita income understood as GDP per capita for the two countries is depicted in the following table. The years for which such information is available are 1999 to 2002; 2003 figures are not presently available.
(Sources: Indexmundi, "Sudan," p. 1 and "Suriname," p.1).
Neither Suriname nor Sudan have a stock market. Neither is a tradable item (stock, bond or commodity). Neither country offers tradable investment opportunities in its largely state-owned infrastructure. Some comments regarding these economies are necessary to establish their limitations.
According to Nationmaster.com ("Economy of Sudan," p. 1), Sudan's primary resources are agricultural, but oil production and export are taking on greater importance. Sudan is the world's largest debtor to the World Bank and International monetary Fund. The country will require extraordi...