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Sudan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Sudan, 1991–2022.
Latest value · 2022
7.53%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -51.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Sudan was 7.53% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1991 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 17.44% in 2011. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.33% per year.
Sudan ranks 58 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Sudan sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 57% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 56%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
7.53%
First (1991)
15.62%
Change
-51.8%
Highest
17.44%
in 2011
Lowest
7.53%
in 2022
Average
14.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.33%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.53% |
| 2021 | 11.09% |
| 2020 | 12% |
| 2019 | 11.7% |
| 2018 | 12.35% |
| 2017 | 13% |
| 2016 | 13.66% |
| 2015 | 14.39% |
| 2014 | 15.41% |
| 2013 | 16.27% |
| 2012 | 16.97% |
| 2011 | 17.44% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.