Social Development in Sudan

136 indicators covering social development for Sudan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index -4 2018 unchanged 139th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 940,297 2025 up 2,091.4% 2nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0182 units per person 2025 up 1,597.7% 6th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 1,784.1% 5th
Political Rights Score -4 2025 down 300.0% 196th
Freedom Score 1 2025 down 83.3% 195th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 50,147 2025 up 298.6% 23rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.001 units per person 2025 up 208.8% 46th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 242.7% 16th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 37.77 % change on previous year 2025 up 97.7% 11th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 6 2018 unchanged 139th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 12.45 % change on previous year 2025 down 46.8% 44th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.238 2025 up 164.4% 151st
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.129 2025 down 15.1% 166th
Political Corruption Index 0.719 2025 down 14.6% 54th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.719 2025 down 14.6% 54th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 177th
Number of armed conflicts 4 conflicts 2025 up 300.0% 5th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.1359 units per square kilometre 2023 up 794.7% 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0212 units per square kilometre 2023 up 266.1% 82nd
LGBT+ Rights Index -2.43 2019 unchanged 185th
Forcibly displaced people 9.98 million 2025 up 184.7% 2nd
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 3 years 1988 142nd
Corruption Perceptions Index 15 2024 up 36.4% 169th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 11.56 million people 2024 up 427.2% 1st
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.4 2024 up 0.1% 164th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 178th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.4 2024 up 0.0% 17th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0007 2024 up 40.4% 101st
Self-reported life satisfaction 4.14 2017 down 6.4% 135th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.14 2017 down 6.4% 135th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy -1.08 2020 down 14.6% 120th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.6871 2020 down 69.3% 102nd
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 2,482 deaths 2021 up 6.6% 33rd
Homicide rate 5.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.5% 86th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 5.31 2021 down 16.7% 84th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 0.0195 2030 up 91.2% 179th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Freedom of Association Score 2 2025 down 33.3% 97th
Freedom of Expression Score 2 2025 down 33.3% 98th
Civil Rights Score 1 2025 unchanged 117th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 88.5% 2020 down 0.2% 15th
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 93.0% 2020 down 0.1% 16th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 11.4% 2020 down 36.9% 186th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 7.0% 2020 up 0.8% 171st
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 4.5% 2020 up 1.9% 167th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 0.7% 2020 down 37.5% 175th
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 0.316 2020 down 77.5% 182nd
Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 0.1455 2020 down 77.5% 182nd