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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Sudan: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Sudan is placed 170th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 27.59 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 18.1 (2024).
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170th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Sudan on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
27.59
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 124th of 177 by UNCTAD
Sudan: 27.59. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Northern Africa
- 288.78 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 288.78 · Eritrea 5.548 · Libya 66.02
18.1
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Sudan: 18.1. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Northern Africa
- 2.1 Libya
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 10.9 · Eritrea 14.8 · Libya 2.1
2.4
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 115th of 139 by World Bank Group
Sudan: 2.4. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Northern Africa
- 3.1 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 2.5 · Egypt 3.1 · Libya 1.9
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Sudan, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Northern Africa
- 2.27 Egypt
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic 3.47 · Egypt 2.27
02Over time
Which way Sudan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
SudanWorld median
Sudan fell from 28.21 in 2012 to 27.55 in 2026; the world median went from 47.44 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Sudan World median 2026 27.55 56.21 2025 27.59 60.84 2024 30.65 55.22 2023 24.90 54.78 2022 22.12 51.49 2021 21.86 52.64 2020 27.40 47.86 2019 22.99 51.05 2018 23.30 52.03 2017 39.40 49.87 2016 31.32 48.09 2015 40.05 49.13 2014 36.15 48.08 2013 35.42 51.32 2012 28.21 47.44 2011 — 50.26 2010 — 50.51 2009 — 53.04 2008 — 51.68 2007 — 55.78 2006 — 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
SudanWorld median
Sudan fell from 2.711 in 2007 to 2.4 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Sudan World median 2023 2.40 2.900 2018 2.43 2.706 2016 2.53 2.734 2014 2.16 2.753 2012 2.10 2.773 2010 2.21 2.746 2007 2.71 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
SudanWorld median
Sudan was at 0.01 in both 2012 and 2018; the world median went from 0.63 to 0.48.
Every year’s figures
Year Sudan World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 — 0.690000 2022 — 0.565000 2021 — 0.550000 2020 — 0.680000 2019 — 0.625000 2018 0.01 0.480000 2017 — 0.630000 2016 0.01 0.865000 2015 0.01 0.790000 2014 0.01 0.760000 2013 0.00 0.645000 2012 0.01 0.630000 2011 — 0.535000 2010 — 0.560000 2009 — 0.780000 2008 — 0.595000 2007 — 0.660000 2006 — 0.445000 2005 — 0.570000 2004 — 0.535000 2003 — 0.530000 2002 — 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Sudan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Sudan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Egypt | 71st | 288.78 | 10.9 | 3.1 | 2.27 |
 Central African Republic | 86th | — | — | 2.5 | 3.47 |
 Libya | 88th | 66.02 | 2.1 | 1.9 | — |
| Sudan | 170th | 27.59 | 18.1 | 2.4 | — |
 Eritrea | 177th | 5.548 | 14.8 | — | — |
 Chad | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Ethiopia | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 South Sudancompare | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Northern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Sudan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Sudan is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Sudan does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4568.5734.456No earlier reading
Sudan: 8.573 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 40th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.9021.2▲ Improved since 2015
Sudan: -0.902 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 159th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.5210.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Sudan: 0.521 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 6th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end13
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1798.1667.17No real change since 2014
Sudan: 98.16 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269809,81612,269Moved since 2015
Sudan: 809,816 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4513,786,603444,451Moved since 2015
Sudan: 3,786,603 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83650,1471,836Moved since 2015
Sudan: 50,147 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3232,397,113223,323Moved since 2015
Sudan: 2,397,113 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.5340.306Moved since 2015
Sudan: 0.534 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0894.7526.089Moved since 2015
Sudan: 4.752 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2397.09103.23Moved since 2015
Sudan: 97.09 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7324.46275.73Moved since 2016
Sudan: 24.46 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-26.98-0.133Moved since 2013
Sudan: -26.98 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.341.10336.34No real change since 2015
Sudan: 1.103 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 138th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.721.27941.72No real change since 2015
Sudan: 1.279 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 138th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.682.38279.68No real change since 2015
Sudan: 2.382 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 138th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Sudan
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic (last 2021), Cost of Sending Remittances (last 2016), Creative Goods Exports (last 2018), Creative Services Exports (last 2022), Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2022), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2018), ICT Services Exports (last 2022), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2015), Services Exports (last 2024) and Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2021). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Sudan’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Sudan’s 10th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energy24th of 1652/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality94th of 1592/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 126th of 1864/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital176th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 178th of 1983/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 160th of 1774/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing185th of 2003/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties184th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 190th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade170th of 1773/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions187th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience188th of 1933/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation173rd of 1762/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture182nd of 1842/4 keys
- Gender & Equality182nd of 1833/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Sudan can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
South Africa39th4/4 keysHighest in Northern Africa
Morocco69th2/4 keysThis page
Sudan170th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Sudan and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Sudan on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Sudan rank on mobility & trade?
Sudan is placed 170th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Sudan?
27.59 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Sudan?
18.1 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Sudan compare with Egypt on mobility & trade?
Egypt is placed 71st of 177, and Sudan 170th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Egypt 288.78, Sudan 27.59; Container Import Dwell Time: Egypt 10.9, Sudan 18.1; Logistics Performance Index: Egypt 3.1, Sudan 2.4.
How have Sudan’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 28.21 in 2012 to 27.55 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index fell from 2.711 in 2007 to 2.4 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports was 0.01 in both 2012 and 2018.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Sudan?
No current reading is published for Sudan on Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Services Exports and Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Sudan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Sudan (banner) — Retlaw Snellac derivative work: JamesA, CC BY 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Sudan: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/sudan/mobility