Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Sudan
Sudan: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was -0.6871 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Sudan, 2013–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sudan recorded -0.6871 for citizen satisfaction with democracy in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 69.3% over ten years.
Sudan ranks 102nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -0.4059 | — |
| 2014 | -0.4755 | +17.2% |
| 2015 | -0.5429 | +14.2% |
| 2016 | -0.5864 | +8.0% |
| 2017 | -0.6327 | +7.9% |
| 2018 | -0.6824 | +7.9% |
| 2019 | -0.6851 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.6871 | +0.3% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's -0.6871 is below the median for low income countries, which is -0.2553, 2.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Sudan's -0.6871 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.1972, 3.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -0.573 | -0.6851 | -0.4059 | 7 |
| 2020s | -0.6871 | -0.6871 | -0.6871 | 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 citizen satisfaction with democracy in Sudan?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Sudan was -0.6871 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4059 in 2013.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.6871 in 2020.
- How does Sudan rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Sudan ranks 102nd out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.