Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) rose 2.83% to 53.5% in Sudan in 2022

Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) (%), 2022
Labour | Sudan | September 1, 2025
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Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) rose 2.83% to 53.5% in Sudan in 2022, according to .

Historically, Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) in Sudan reached an all time high of 53.5% in 2022 and an all time low of 32.6% in 1991. When compared to Sudan's main peers, Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) in Chad amounted to 8.84%, 73.8% in Egypt, 14.7% in Ethiopia and 26.9% in South Sudan in 2022.

Sudan has been ranked 109th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed), 14 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Waged and Salaried Workers, Total (As % of Total Employed) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Cameroon % 25.8% 26.9% 28.0% 28.5% 29.8%
Central African Republic % 5.29% 5.30% 5.36% 5.25% 5.38%
Chad % 8.72% 8.87% 8.81% 8.60% 8.75%
Egypt % 68.1% 68.7% 71.1% 72.6% 72.6%
Eritrea % 22.8% 22.9% 23.1% 22.9% 23.3%
Ethiopia % 13.4% 13.7% 14.0% 13.9% 14.5%
Israel % 88.1% 88.6% 88.7% 88.7% 88.8%
Kenya % 37.2% 37.6% 38.0% 35.7% 34.1%
Libya % 84.8% 85.2% 85.0% 84.9% 84.9%
Niger % 7.22% 7.89% 8.48% 8.57% 9.00%
Nigeria % 14.4% 14.8% 15.2% 14.7% 14.9%
Saudi Arabia % 97.1% 97.4% 94.8% 94.5% 93.4%
Somalia % 47.7% 48.0% 48.2% 48.0% 48.4%
South Sudan % 23.1% 24.9% 26.6% 26.3% 26.7%
Sudan % 47.8% 48.7% 50.0% 50.9% 52.0% ...
Uganda % 22.1% 21.3% 20.5% 19.5% 18.7%