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🇸🇩 Sudan
Republic of the Sudan
SDN SD PT Sudanese pound (SDG)
Every statistic we track for Sudan — 97 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$2,451
70.5 yrs
0.03
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Current Account Balance | -4.5% | #134/190 | 2026 |
| Economy Seen as Good (Afrobarometer) | 10.5% | #33/39 | 2023 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #208/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -4.4% | #132/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 44.7 | #103/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 126.8 | #98/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 864 | #181/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 2,451 | #180/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.7% | #132/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 169.1% | #3/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 3,000 | #139/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 75.1% | #2/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 4.7 | #113/130 | 2023 |
| Real GDP Growth | 0.7% | #176/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.1% | #97/191 | 2026 |
| Unemployment Rate | 61.3% | #1/103 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4.3 | #17/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.6 | #15/172 | 2023 |
| Internally Displaced People | 9,139,309 | #1/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 18.8 | #210/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 35.9 | #36/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 51.7 | #29/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 30.2 | #187/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 2,820,737 | #3/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 34.9% | #180/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 66% | #179/214 | 2024 |
| Get News from the Internet (Afrobarometer) | 45.6% | #16/39 | 2023 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 70.2 | #173/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Mortality | 185.2 | #79/185 | 2021 |
| Adult Obesity | 16.5% | #135/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 1.4 | #165/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 6.2% | #20/199 | 2024 |
| Deaths from Cancer | 6.1% | #161/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease | 24.6% | #102/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Communicable Diseases | 44.4% | #42/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Diabetes | 1.2% | #163/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Injuries | 8.6% | #48/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Interpersonal Violence | 0.9% | #71/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Neurological Conditions | 1.2% | #155/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Noncommunicable Diseases | 42.9% | #143/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Respiratory Disease | 2.1% | #133/185 | 2021 |
| Deaths from Self-harm | 0.5% | #150/185 | 2021 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 40.8% | #70/194 | 2019 |
| Life Expectancy | 70.6 | #124/186 | 2020 |
| NCD Mortality Rate | 578.5 | #71/185 | 2021 |
| Other Pandemic-related Deaths | 4.1% | #40/185 | 2021 |
| Premature NCD Mortality | 21.2% | #69/185 | 2021 |
| Suicide Rate | 3.9 | #149/185 | 2021 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 48 | #163/195 | 2023 |
| Went Without Medical Care (Afrobarometer) | 68.3% | #21/39 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 4.4 | #143/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.4 | #166/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 372 | #135/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 79.7% | #34/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 29 | #158/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Felt Unsafe in the Neighbourhood (Afrobarometer) | 50.8% | #21/39 | 2023 |
| Homicide Rate | 1.3 | #147/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 19.6 | #42/195 | 2021 |
| Trust in the Police (Afrobarometer) | 40.4% | #26/39 | 2023 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.8 | #108/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 7.8 | #7/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 7.3 | #70/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.5 | #176/193 | 2023 |
| Went Without a Cash Income (Afrobarometer) | 69.6% | #32/39 | 2023 |
| Went Without Enough Food (Afrobarometer) | 48.9% | #31/39 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 19.8% | #14/151 | 2017 |
| China’s Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 63.1% | #22/39 | 2023 |
| Country Going in the Right Direction (Afrobarometer) | 7.6% | #39/39 | 2023 |
| Signed a Petition | 36.5% | #13/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 12.1% | #55/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Fellow Citizens (Afrobarometer) | 30.4% | #38/39 | 2023 |
| Trust in government | 4.9 | #48/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.3 | #90/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.6 | #62/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.7 | #40/153 | 2017 |
| US Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) | 46.7% | #36/39 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.