Sudan
Access to electricity in Sudan
Access to electricity in Sudan: 32.8% in 1990 and 66% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 66%
- Since 1990
- +33.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 178 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 66% in 2023, the lowest 20% in 2008.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 66 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 66 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 63.2 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 61.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 59.7 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 57.6 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 55.3 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 53 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 50.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 48 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 44.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 43.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 40.7 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 38.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 36 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 29 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 20 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 31.1 | 82 |
| 2006 | 30.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 30.5 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 30.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 29.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 29.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 29.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 23 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 30.8 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 30.3 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 29.8 | – |
| 1996 | 29.4 | – |
| 1995 | 28.9 | – |
| 1994 | 28.4 | – |
| 1993 | 27.9 | – |
| 1992 | 27.4 | – |
| 1991 | 26.9 | – |
| 1990 | 32.8 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Sudan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per person$8 in 2021
- Military share of state spending9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnel144,000 people in 2020
- National power0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2013