Employment in industry in Sudan

14.0% of employed people in Sudan worked in industry in 2022.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2022 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Sudan is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Sudan, 2022 14.0% % of total employment
Change from 2021 −0.1percentage points 2021: 14.1%
World, 2022 23.6% Official aggregate

Employment in industry in Sudan over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in industry (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period SudanWorld
2025 – 23.7%
2024 – 23.6%
2023 – 23.5%
2022 14.0% 23.6%
2021 14.1% 23.6%
2020 13.9% 23.3%
2019 13.8% 23.5%
2018 14.1% 23.5%
2017 14.2% 23.4%
2016 14.3% 23.3%
2015 14.1% 23.3%
2014 14.1% 23.5%
2013 13.9% 23.5%
2012 13.8% 23.6%
2011 14.5% 23.2%
2010 14.4% 22.9%
2009 14.3% 22.5%
2008 14.5% 22.6%
2007 14.5% 22.5%
2006 14.1% 21.9%
2005 13.8% 21.4%
2004 13.5% 21.0%
2003 13.2% 20.6%
2002 12.9% 20.6%
2001 12.7% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 14.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 13.8%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.IND.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2022 for Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates