Gender in Sudan

199 indicators covering gender for Sudan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 22,769 2030 up 17.4% 16th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.62 % change on previous year 2030 down 23.6% 17th
Population 35,803 2030 up 30.7% 33rd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 35,803 2030 up 30.7% 33rd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year 2030 down 15.2% 32nd
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 790,433 2025 up 18.9% 16th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 815,155 2025 up 18.6% 16th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 776,635 2025 up 21.2% 16th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 799,948 2025 up 21.0% 16th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 760,254 2025 up 21.0% 16th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 784,737 2025 up 21.1% 16th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 745,727 2025 up 20.4% 16th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 769,267 2025 up 20.5% 16th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 733,658 2025 up 19.8% 16th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 755,697 2025 up 19.9% 17th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 722,004 2025 up 20.1% 16th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 742,908 2025 up 20.3% 18th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 62.48 2022 up 19.8% 7th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.219 2025 down 45.0% 172nd
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.087 2025 down 14.7% 172nd
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.373 2025 up 27.7% 153rd
Women's Political Participation Index 0.175 2025 down 78.0% 171st
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.219 2025 down 45.0% 172nd
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.219 2025 down 45.0% 172nd
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 8.42 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.9% 3rd
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.219 2025 down 45.0% 172nd
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 23.0% 2024 up 31.6% 112th
Prevalence of obesity, male 12.1% 2024 up 75.4% 134th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.09 years 2024 up 2.8% 158th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.21 years 2024 down 2.6% 166th
Share of women who are obese 23.0% 2024 up 31.7% 115th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 45.9% 2024 up 13.6% 136th
Share of overweight men vs. women 33.4% 2024 up 25.4% 145th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 74.3% 2024 up 6.4% 168th
Share of women who are married or in a union 20.0% 2014 down 20.5% 22nd
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.5% 17th
Population, annual growth rate 0.8117 % change on previous year 2024 down 70.4% 114th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.7% 113th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 171st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 74.8 kilocalories per day per capita 2022 down 17.4% 151st
Women, Business and the Law Index 32.5 index (0–100) 2023 up 10.6% 184th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 7.7% 24th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 26.79 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.4% 148th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 5.9% 164th
Labor force, female 2.16 million 2022 down 23.7% 85th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.0437 units per person 2022 down 43.0% 183rd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 index 2025 up 2.6% 45th