Human Development & Quality of Life in Sudan
HDI 0.511 · UNDP rank 176 · latest published data
With HDI 0.511 for 2023, Sudan sits at rank 176 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the low human development group. That rank is only the starting point. The GII reading of 0.588 (rank 158) is an important counterpoint to the aggregate HDI. In a different dimension, the planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 2.5%, leaving PHDI at 0.498.
What sits inside Sudan's HDI
For Sudan, health contributes through life expectancy of 66.3; education through 8.6 expected and 4.0 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $2,810 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI.
Inequality changes the headline
The inequality-adjusted measure for Sudan applies a distribution penalty to the same three HDI dimensions. It should therefore be read alongside HDI, not as a separate life-satisfaction score. For the profile as a whole, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score before drawing conclusions from small differences.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Sudan's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.813, GII 0.588, PHDI 0.498. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating. When looking across the UNDP tables, read the value with its stated unit so the source year is not silently treated as the publication year.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Sudan. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
What Sudan's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Sudan, the page shows IHDI 0.328 with a 35.8% loss; PHDI 0.498 after a 2.5% adjustment; GDI 0.813. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
HDI for Sudan stands at 0.511 in 2023, with UNDP rank 176. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score.
The IHDI is 0.328, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 35.8% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.813 in group 5; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.498, with a 2.5% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sudan's HDI?
In the Human Development Report 2025, Sudan is listed at HDI 0.511 for 2023, rank 176.
How does inequality affect Sudan's HDI?
UNDP reports IHDI 0.328 for Sudan, which is 35.8% below the headline HDI after inequality across the three dimensions is taken into account. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Sudan's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.