Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan
Sudan: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 61.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 61.1% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.9% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan peaked at 74.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 44.8%, in 2009.
That places Sudan 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 44.8% | — |
| 2010 | 49.5% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 51.2% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 68.8% | +34.3% |
| 2013 | 57.6% | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 45.8% | -20.4% |
| 2015 | 64.9% | +41.5% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 71.5% | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 74.4% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 61.1% | -17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.8% | 44.8% | 44.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 61.2% | 45.8% | 74.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 171 Haiti 63.6% compare
- 172 Kiribati 63.4% compare
- 173 Mozambique 62.9% compare
- 175 Guinea 60.1% compare
- 176 Mauritania 51.5% compare
- 177 Madagascar 46.5% compare
More private sector data for Sudan
- Merchandise trade 15.0% (2025)
- Food imports 29.9% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 56.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 6.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 1.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 2.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0465 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.66 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Sudan was 61.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 74.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.8% in 2009.
- How does Sudan rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Sudan ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.