Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan
Sudan: Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) was 0.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 0.7% for alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in 2020.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan peaked at 1.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
That places Sudan 175th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -62.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -22.6% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +369.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -69.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +32.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 0.7% is below the median for low income countries, which is 9.6%, 8% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 0.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.0%, 6% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +369.5% | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| 2015 | -69.0% | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| 2012 | -62.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| 2019 | +32.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More social development data for Sudan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 809,816 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.82 million (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0546 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.82 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0157 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan?
- Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) in Sudan was 0.7% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does Sudan rank for alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%)?
- Sudan ranks 175th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%), age-standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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