Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan
Sudan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 46.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan, 1991–2022
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Sudan recorded 46.5% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2022.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan peaked at 50.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 45.9%, in 2008.
That places Sudan 62nd out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 50.3% | — |
| 1992 | 50.2% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 50.1% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 50.2% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 50.2% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 50.0% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 49.3% | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 48.7% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 48.4% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 48.1% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 47.8% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 47.4% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 47.2% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 47.0% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 46.8% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 46.6% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 46.0% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 45.9% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 46.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 46.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 46.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 46.7% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 47.0% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 46.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 47.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 47.5% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 47.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 48.0% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 47.8% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 47.0% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 46.5% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.7% | 48.4% | 50.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 46.9% | 45.9% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.1% | 46.3% | 48.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 46.5% | 47.8% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Sudan was 46.5% in 2022, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 50.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.9% in 2008.
- How does Sudan rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Sudan ranks 62nd out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.