Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan

Sudan: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 53.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
53.5%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
126th
of 187 countries
All-time high
54.1%
in 2008
All-time low
49.7%
in 1991
Years of data
32
1991–2022

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan, 1991–2022

02040601991200620221991: 49.71992: 49.81993: 49.91994: 49.81995: 49.81996: 501997: 50.71998: 51.31999: 51.62000: 51.92001: 52.22002: 52.62003: 52.82004: 532005: 53.22006: 53.42007: 542008: 54.12009: 53.92010: 53.72011: 53.52012: 53.32013: 532014: 53.12015: 52.92016: 52.82017: 52.52018: 52.22019: 522020: 52.22021: 532022: 53.5

Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).

Analysis

Sudan recorded 53.5% for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in 2022.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan peaked at 54.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 49.7%, in 1991.

That places Sudan 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan, year by year

Annual values for Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sudan, 1991 to 2022.
Year Value Change
1991 49.7%
1992 49.8% +0.3%
1993 49.9% +0.3%
1994 49.8% -0.3%
1995 49.8% +0.1%
1996 50.0% +0.4%
1997 50.7% +1.4%
1998 51.3% +1.0%
1999 51.6% +0.7%
2000 51.9% +0.6%
2001 52.2% +0.7%
2002 52.6% +0.7%
2003 52.8% +0.4%
2004 53.0% +0.3%
2005 53.2% +0.4%
2006 53.4% +0.4%
2007 54.0% +1.0%
2008 54.1% +0.3%
2009 53.9% -0.5%
2010 53.7% -0.3%
2011 53.5% -0.3%
2012 53.3% -0.4%
2013 53.0% -0.5%
2014 53.1% +0.1%
2015 52.9% -0.5%
2016 52.8% -0.2%
2017 52.5% -0.5%
2018 52.2% -0.5%
2019 52.0% -0.3%
2020 52.2% +0.4%
2021 53.0% +1.5%
2022 53.5% +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 50.3% 49.7% 51.6% 9
2000s 53.1% 51.9% 54.1% 10
2010s 52.9% 52.0% 53.7% 10
2020s 52.9% 52.2% 53.5% 3

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 123 Uzbekistan 54.6% compare
  2. 124 Colombia 54.4% compare
  3. 125 Georgia 53.9% compare
  4. 127 Albania 49.7% compare
  5. 128 Thailand 49.3% compare
  6. 129 Djibouti 48.9% compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

More work & labour data for Sudan

All data for Sudan →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan?
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan was 53.5% in 2022, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 54.1% in 2008.
What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 49.7% in 1991.
How does Sudan rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
Sudan ranks 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan data come from?
The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan. Statizoid, drawing on ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/wage-and-salaried-workers-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/sudan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/wage-and-salaried-workers-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/sudan/">Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Sudan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.