Economy, jobs and prices in Gezira, Sudan: official figures

Consumer prices in Gezira State were on average 146.7% higher in 2024 than a year earlier, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 7th lowest of 17 states with a consistently published average (Sudan: 176.9%); in 2023 the average was 70.5% (Sudan: 66.6%). In December 2024 the annual rate was 178.4% (Sudan: 187.8%).

Are banks open in Gezira?

8 bank branches were operating in Gezira at the end of 2024, down from 93 in December 2021, before the war; that is 2.6% of the 309 branches working across Sudan (December 2021: 1,029), according to the Central Bank of Sudan.

Source: Central Bank of Sudan (population and prices from the Central Bureau of Statistics) · saved copy

How many homes in Gezira have electricity?

72.9% of households in Gezira had electricity in 2014, 4th highest of the 18 states (Sudan: 44.9%).

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan) · saved copy

Do people in Gezira have safe drinking water?

88.9% of people in Gezira used an improved drinking-water source in 2014, and 80.9% had water piped into their home, plot or yard; 2nd highest of the 18 states for improved water (Sudan: 68.0% and 36.9%).

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan) · saved copy

How many people in Gezira have a proper toilet?

38.3% of people in Gezira used an improved toilet not shared with other households in 2014, and 32.4% had no toilet at all; 6th highest of the 18 states for improved sanitation (Sudan: 32.9% and 29.2%).

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan) · saved copy

How Gezira compares with other states

Average consumer-price inflation (Northern State: average not published consistently) (2024)

Gezira ranks 11 of 17, highest first.

Rank	Region	Average consumer-price inflation (Northern State: average not published consistently)
8	North Kordofan	164.3%
9	North Darfur	156.9%
10	White Nile	154.9%
11	Gezira	146.7%
12	East Darfur	136.1%
13	South Darfur	116.7%
14	Red Sea	115.3%

Source: Central Bank of Sudan (population and prices from the Central Bureau of Statistics) · saved copy

Consumer-price inflation, December (year on year) (December 2024)

Gezira ranks 8 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Consumer-price inflation, December (year on year)
5	West Darfur	276.4%
6	White Nile	262.0%
7	Blue Nile	197.7%
8	Gezira	178.4%
9	North Darfur	172.5%
10	South Darfur	141.1%
11	East Darfur	136.6%

Source: Central Bank of Sudan (population and prices from the Central Bureau of Statistics) · saved copy

Bank branches operating (end of 2024)

Gezira ranks 10 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Bank branches operating
7	North Kordofan	20
8	Blue Nile	13
9	South Kordofan	10
10	Gezira	8
11	Khartoum	4
12	Sennar	2
13	East Darfur	1

Source: Central Bank of Sudan (population and prices from the Central Bureau of Statistics) · saved copy

Households with electricity (2014)

Gezira ranks 4 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Households with electricity
1	Northern	94.4%
2	Khartoum	81.6%
3	River Nile	79.1%
4	Gezira	72.9%
5	Sennar	57.9%
6	Blue Nile	48.6%
7	White Nile	40.1%

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan) · saved copy

Household population using improved drinking water (2014)

Gezira ranks 2 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Household population using improved drinking water
1	Northern	93.9%
2	Gezira	88.9%
3	Sennar	88.6%
4	River Nile	88.3%
5	Khartoum	86.9%
6	West Kordofan	86.0%
7	Blue Nile	71.3%

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan) · saved copy

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Sources

Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan (with UNICEF Sudan): Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 of Sudan, Final Report (state tables HH.6, HH.8, CM.2, NU.2, CH.2, WS.7, RH.2, RH.10, RH.11, CD.1, ED.1, ED.4, ED.5, CP.4, CP.7, CP.13, HFS.1), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9400cecaceed…)
Central Bank of Sudan (population and prices from the Central Bureau of Statistics): Annual Report 2024 (64th): population by state 2024 (Table 6-12, CBS estimates), average inflation by state (Table 6-8), bank branches by state (Table 5-3, Appendix 8), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3092b0e22b0e…)

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