Sudan

  • Languages: Arabic – English
  • Government: Federal provisional government
  • Currency: Sudanese Pound
  • Next UPR date: 12/03/2026 (Stakeholders report deadline); 01/07/2026 (National report deadline); 01/10/2026 (Pre-session); 01/11/2026 (UPR Working Group)
  • A country in North Africa Sudan spans an area of 1.765,048 sq km. Sudan
    has a population of 46.888 million and in 2021 a GDP of $ 173 billion.
  • According to CATO’s Freedom Index, Sudan is ranked 160 out of 162 countries ranked in -human freedom measures, with zero rank change from 2017-2018. Furthermore, the Index indicates Sudan has a personal freedom score of 3.81 a category including but not limited to Freedom of assembly, association, freedom of religion, etc.
  • The Index also reported Sudan having an economic freedom score of 4.21 a category including but not limited to money growth, the legal system of property, size of government, etc.
  • Note: CATO report: The Human Freedom index 2020 demonstrates a strong positive correlation between Personal and Economic freedoms.
    Also note the Index uses a scale of 1-10, where 10 represents the freest.