Sudan

Highlights

  1. Internet Society gives Sudan an overall Internet resilience score of 25%, which means it has low capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  2. Approximately 29% of the population is an Internet user.
  3. As of 2023, the population of Sudan was 50,042,791. The United Nations defines it as a least developed country.
  4. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 1% can be reached on a local server or cache in Sudan. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  5. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as very poor.
ccTLD
.sd
Flag of Sudan
Region
Africa
Sub-region
Northern Africa
Population
50,042,791
Classification
  • Least Developed Country
  • Low income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

29%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

39%
Africa average
20002005201020152020

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Female: 11%
  • Male: 17%

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 8.37 Mbps
    Broadband
  • 8.37 Mbps
    Mobile

Average Internet cost

1.73%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

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Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • 59%
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • < 1%
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

7
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Good
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

< 1%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
4%
Africa average
20212022202320242025

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

3

active data centers

Internet Exchange Points

1

IXP in Sudan

1
Africa average
15% of 13

registered networks connect via an IXP

202020212022202320242025

Total number of IXP members in Sudan

Locally cached content

1%

of the top 1000 websites in Sudan can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

39%
Africa average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • Sudatel: 54%
  • SDN-MOBITEL: 27%
  • MTN: 15%
  • SPACEX-STARLINK: 3%
  • KANARTEL: < 1%

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

24%

Market competition

Very Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

35 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 17%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 9%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 16%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

6%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

43%
Africa average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

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