# Sudan — national dossier Sudan — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography, resources and military in one sourced dossier: 42 indicators, each with… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/SDN Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Republic of the Sudan - Capital: Khartoum - Region: Northern Africa, Africa - Population: 37 m - Area: 1,886,068 km² - Languages: Arabic, English - Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG) A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Economy | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | GDP | $60 B | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP per capita | $1,165 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP growth | 3.1% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Inflation | 138.8% | 2022 | World Development Indicators | | Trade openness | 2.4% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | ## Society | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Population | 52 m | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Life expectancy | 66.5 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Urban population | 34.9% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Fertility rate | 4.3 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Literacy rate | 53.5% | 2008 | World Development Indicators | ## Governance | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 23.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Political stability | 31.3 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Government effectiveness | 16.5 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Regulatory quality | 28.6 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Rule of law | 26.4 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Control of corruption | 16.3 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | ## Health | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 2.9% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Physicians | 0.25 | 2017 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Under-5 mortality | 61.6 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Measles immunisation | 46.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | ## Education | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 53.5% | 2008 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Education spending | 2.0% | 2009 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Primary enrolment | 72.4% | 2019 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Secondary enrolment | 43.5% | 2019 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Tertiary enrolment | 15.9% | 2015 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | ## Technology | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 0.2% | 2005 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Internet users | 18.6% | 2017 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | Mobile subscriptions | 70 | 2022 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | High-tech exports | 2.2% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | ## Geography | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Land area | 1,868,000 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Forest area | 9.6% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Agricultural land | 60.3% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.4 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Renewable energy | 61.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | ## Resources | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 12.8% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Oil rents | 3.3% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Mineral rents | 6.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Forest rents | 2.8% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Electricity access | 66.0% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Military | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 0.9% | 2021 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Defense spending | $375 M | 2021 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Armed forces | 144,000 | 2020 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:SDN::) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/SDN.claims.json History: "Land of Kush and the confluence of the Niles, from the Black Pharaohs to a republic at war." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/SDN/chronicle.md (6 eras, 31 events). ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Citation template: Terralore, "Sudan — national dossier", terralore.co/country/SDN, retrieved .