Democracy in Sudan
Sudan: Democracy was 1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Democracy in Sudan, 1900–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 1 for democracy in 2025.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Sudan peaked at 2 in 1949 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1958.
That places Sudan 87th out of 172 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Sudan
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.57 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.5281 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 2.09 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2814 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.9627 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 38,797 2010 = 100 (2022)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in Sudan?
- Democracy in Sudan was 1 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1949.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1958.
- How does Sudan rank for democracy?
- Sudan ranks 87th out of 172 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).