Sudan: Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Sudan's consumer price index (2010 = 100) rose 22,551 on 2021 (from 16,246 to 38,797).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +541.52 and a typical year strayed about 2,333 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 9.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22,551 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.000136 in 1968. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2,896 a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Sudan in the 2022 ranking

• Zimbabwe — 2nd of 3: 11,077
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 3rd of 3: 126.91

What this measures

Index of the prices of consumption goods and services, as compared to a certain reference period (2010=100).

Limitations: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries.

All 63 values

Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in nearby economies

• Angola — 1,240 (2025)
• Benin — 123.58 (2025)
• Botswana — 202.64 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 136.48 (2025)
• Burundi — 515.21 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 131.11 (2025)
• Cameroon — 153.29 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 179.37 (2025)
• Chad — 149.69 (2025)
• Comoros — 157.9 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 133.85 (2016)

More financial sector data for Sudan

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 1.09 million (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$2,213 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 65.91% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 5.64% (2022)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 3.85 trillion (2022)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -3.96 trillion (2022)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 5.64% (2022)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 138.81% (2022)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 6.59% (2022)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Sudan's consumer price index (2010 = 100)?

38,797 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 3.78 billion% from 0.00103 in 1960 (32.5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 38,797 in 2022 and the lowest 0.00103 in 1960.

Is the latest change in consumer price index (2010 = 100) unusual for Sudan?

In 2022, Sudan's consumer price index (2010 = 100) rose 22,551 on 2021 (from 16,246 to 38,797). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +541.52 and a typical year strayed about 2,333 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 9.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FP.CPI.TOTL, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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