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Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Khartoum

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

66.5years

Ranks 182 of 217 in 2024

11% below world median · 4% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

61.6per 1,000 live births

Ranks 177 of 196 in 2024

3.1× above world median · 26% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

256per 100,000 live births

Ranks 167 of 194 in 2023

4.4× above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2014 · 12 years old

38.2% of under-5s

Ranks 47 of 52 in 2014

57% above world median · 31% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 52 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

2.85% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

55% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

4.26births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

1.3× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2008 · 18 years old

53.5% of adults 15+

Ranks 30 of 32 in 2008

41% below world median · 5% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2008 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2019 · 7 years old

72.4% gross

Ranks 162 of 163 in 2019

28% below world median · 28% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 163 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Education spending

2009 · 17 years old

2.02% of GDP

Ranks 106 of 115 in 2009

57% below world median · 36% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 115 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

1,165current US$

Ranks 169 of 186 in 2025

85% below world median · 14% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

2,192international $

Ranks 176 of 185 in 2025

89% below world median · 50% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2014 · 12 years old

10.1% of population

Ranks 70 of 84 in 2014

6.5× above world median · 68% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 84 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2014 · 12 years old

34.2index, 0–100

Ranks 36 of 84 in 2014

about the same world median · 3% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 84 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2022 · 4 years old

7.5% of labour force

Ranks 128 of 186 in 2022

41% above world median · 35% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Inflation

2022 · 4 years old

138.8% per year

Not ranked — no better end

16.2× above world median

Medians computed across 178 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Military spending

2021 · 5 years old

0.93% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

38% below world median

Medians computed across 152 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

66.0% of population

Ranks 180 of 215 in 2024

34% below world median · 14% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2017 · 9 years old

18.6% of population

Ranks 173 of 200 in 2017

69% below world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.43t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

83% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

51.7mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

6.9× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Sudan has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

Sudan — World Pulse