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Employment in services — Sudan

Employment in services in Sudan in 2022 — 46.2%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 186. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.6 pp.

2022 46.2% +0.5 pp vs 2021
World rank 137of 186
Period maximum 48.3%2019
Period minimum 37.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2022 · % of employment

Employment in services — Sudan, 1991–2022354045501991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 37.7%1992: 38.2%1993: 39%1994: 39.8%1995: 39.9%1996: 39.6%1997: 39.7%1998: 40.1%1999: 40.4%2000: 40.8%2001: 40.8%2002: 40.6%2003: 41%2004: 41.4%2005: 41.6%2006: 42.1%2007: 41.2%2008: 42.1%2009: 43%2010: 43.2%2011: 43.9%2012: 44.3%2013: 44.9%2014: 45.2%2015: 45.6%2016: 46.8%2017: 47.4%2018: 48.1%2019: 48.3%2020: 46.4%2021: 45.7%2022: 46.2%
Change over the period: +8.6 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sudan

Sudan 46.2%
World 49.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa 37.1%
Northern Africa computed 52.4%
Low-income countries computed 30.1%
Employment in services — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 46.2 +0.5 pp
2021 45.7 −0.7 pp
2020 46.4 −1.9 pp
2019 48.3 +0.2 pp
2018 48.1 +0.6 pp
2017 47.4 +0.6 pp
2016 46.8 +1.1 pp
2015 45.6 +0.4 pp
2014 45.2 +0.3 pp
2013 44.9 +0.6 pp
2012 44.3 +0.4 pp
2011 43.9 +0.7 pp
2010 43.2 +0.2 pp
2009 43 +0.9 pp
2008 42.1 +0.8 pp
2007 41.2 −0.9 pp
2006 42.1 +0.5 pp
2005 41.6 +0.2 pp
2004 41.4 +0.4 pp
2003 41 +0.3 pp
2002 40.6 −0.2 pp
2001 40.8 −0 pp
2000 40.8 +0.4 pp
1999 40.4 +0.4 pp
1998 40.1 +0.3 pp
1997 39.7 +0.1 pp
1996 39.6 −0.3 pp
1995 39.9 +0.1 pp
1994 39.8 +0.8 pp
1993 39 +0.8 pp
1992 38.2 +0.5 pp
1991 37.7 —

Northern Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LY Libya 71.1 DZ Algeria 58.1 TN Tunisia 54.4 EG Egypt 52.4 MA Morocco 47.5 SD Sudan 46.2
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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Sudan by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Sudan by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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