Sudan / Economy / Unemployment rate
Unemployment rate in Sudan
% · 2022 · from World Bank World Development Indicators, via economicdata.dev
7.5%in 2022
- −3.6 pts over 1 year, −5.5 pts over 5, −9.4 pts over 10
- 2nd quartile among countries: 59 of 185 with a 2022 figure (1 is the highest value)
- World: 5.2% the same year
Compare Sudan with other countries · Every country, mapped · Which countries have this data, and for which years
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| Year | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8% | |
| 2024 | 4.8% | |
| 2023 | 4.8% | |
| 2022 | 7.5% | 5.2% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 12.0% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 12.3% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 13.7% | 6.0% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | 6.0% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | 6.0% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | 6.1% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | 6.2% |
| 2011 | 17.4% | 6.1% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | 6.3% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | 6.4% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | 5.8% |
| 2007 | 15.5% | 5.8% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | 6.0% |
| 2005 | 15.5% | 6.2% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | 6.3% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | 6.5% |
| 2002 | 15.5% | 6.4% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | 6.2% |
| 2000 | 15.6% | 6.1% |
| 1999 | 15.4% | 6.3% |
| 1998 | 15.4% | 6.2% |
| 1997 | 15.3% | 6.0% |
| 1996 | 15.6% | 6.0% |
| 1995 | 15.6% | 5.9% |
| 1994 | 15.6% | 5.8% |
| 1993 | 15.5% | 5.5% |
| 1992 | 15.7% | 5.3% |
| 1991 | 15.6% | 5.1% |
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Every country, 2022 (185)
- Eswatini 36.5%
- South Africa 33.3%
- Djibouti 26.3%
- Palestinian Territories 24.4%
- Botswana 23.6%
- Gabon 20.3%
- Congo - Brazzaville 20.1%
- Namibia 19.6%
- St. Vincent & Grenadines 19.3%
- Libya 19.2%
- Somalia 19.1%
- Jordan 18.2%
- Yemen 17.2%
- Lesotho 16.6%
- St. Lucia 15.9%
- Iraq 15.4%
- Tunisia 15.3%
- Rwanda 15.1%
- Montenegro 14.9%
- Haiti 14.5%
- North Macedonia 14.5%
- Angola 14.1%
- Afghanistan 14.1%
- Armenia 13.5%
- Syria 13.2%
- Spain 13.0%
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 12.7%
- South Sudan 12.5%
- Greece 12.4%
- Algeria 12.4%
- Cape Verde 12.2%
- U.S. Virgin Islands 12.1%
- Guyana 11.9%
- French Polynesia 11.8%
- Georgia 11.6%
- Costa Rica 11.3%
- Lebanon 11.1%
- Albania 10.8%
- New Caledonia 10.7%
- Nepal 10.7%
- Colombia 10.5%
- Mauritania 10.5%
- Türkiye 10.5%
- Zimbabwe 10.1%
- Morocco 9.4%
- Bahamas 9.3%
- Brazil 9.2%
- Iran 9.1%
- São Tomé & Príncipe 9.0%
- Honduras 8.8%
- Belize 8.7%
- Serbia 8.4%
- Equatorial Guinea 8.3%
- Chile 8.2%
- Panama 8.1%
- Italy 8.1%
- Suriname 8.0%
- Uruguay 7.9%
- Sudan 7.5%
- Sweden 7.4%
- France 7.3%
- Barbados 7.3%
- Tajikistan 7.1%
- Latvia 6.8%
- Croatia 6.8%
- Cyprus 6.8%
- Argentina 6.8%
- Mozambique 6.8%
- Paraguay 6.8%
- Finland 6.7%
- Egypt 6.5%
- Mauritius 6.3%
- Central African Republic 6.3%
- Slovakia 6.1%
- Portugal 6.1%
- Gambia 6.1%
- Eritrea 6.0%
- Puerto Rico 6.0%
- Zambia 6.0%
- Lithuania 6.0%
- Mongolia 6.0%
- Bhutan 5.9%
- Azerbaijan 5.7%
- Venezuela 5.6%
- Romania 5.6%
- Saudi Arabia 5.6%
- Estonia 5.6%
- Belgium 5.6%
- Kenya 5.6%
- Dominican Republic 5.5%
- Fiji 5.4%
- Guam 5.4%
- Pakistan 5.3%
- Canada 5.3%
- Brunei 5.2%
- Guinea 5.2%
- Vanuatu 5.1%
- Samoa 5.0%
- Malawi 5.0%
- Austria 5.0%
- China 5.0%
- Nicaragua 5.0%
- Kazakhstan 4.9%
- India 4.8%
- Kyrgyzstan 4.8%
- Bangladesh 4.6%
- Luxembourg 4.6%
- Congo - Kinshasa 4.5%
- Sri Lanka 4.5%
- Ireland 4.5%
- Uzbekistan 4.5%
- Denmark 4.4%
- Trinidad & Tobago 4.4%
- Hong Kong SAR China 4.3%
- Maldives 4.3%
- Peru 4.3%
- Bulgaria 4.1%
- Switzerland 4.1%
- Jamaica 4.1%
- Turkmenistan 4.0%
- Slovenia 4.0%
- Malaysia 3.9%
- Comoros 3.9%
- Russia 3.9%
- Burkina Faso 3.8%
- Nigeria 3.8%
- Iceland 3.8%
- United Kingdom 3.8%
- Australia 3.7%
- Ecuador 3.7%
- Israel 3.7%
- United States 3.7%
- Cameroon 3.6%
- Singapore 3.6%
- Hungary 3.6%
- Belarus 3.6%
- Bolivia 3.6%
- Netherlands 3.5%
- Malta 3.5%
- Indonesia 3.5%
- North Korea 3.5%
- Ethiopia 3.4%
- Oman 3.3%
- New Zealand 3.3%
- Mexico 3.3%
- Norway 3.2%
- Madagascar 3.2%
- Sierra Leone 3.1%
- Germany 3.1%
- Myanmar (Burma) 3.1%
- Guatemala 3.1%
- El Salvador 3.0%
- Liberia 3.0%
- Uganda 2.9%
- United Arab Emirates 2.9%
- Ghana 2.9%
- South Korea 2.9%
- Senegal 2.8%
- Poland 2.8%
- Papua New Guinea 2.7%
- Guinea-Bissau 2.7%
- Japan 2.6%
- Philippines 2.6%
- Macao SAR China 2.4%
- Mali 2.4%
- Côte d’Ivoire 2.3%
- Czechia 2.2%
- Kuwait 2.1%
- Tonga 2.0%
- Togo 2.0%
- Cuba 1.8%
- Benin 1.7%
- Tanzania 1.6%
- Vietnam 1.6%
- Timor-Leste 1.5%
- Solomon Islands 1.5%
- Bahrain 1.3%
- Laos 1.2%
- Chad 1.1%
- Thailand 0.9%
- Moldova 0.9%
- Burundi 0.9%
- Niger 0.4%
- Cambodia 0.2%
- Qatar 0.1%
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