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

Consumer prices in Khartoum State were on average 90.4% higher in 2024 than a year earlier, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the lowest of 17 states with a consistently published average (Sudan: 176.9%); in 2023 the average was 35.5% (Sudan: 66.6%). In December 2024 the annual rate was 111.0% (Sudan: 187.8%).

Are banks open in Khartoum?

4 bank branches were operating in Khartoum at the end of 2024, down from 476 in December 2021, before the war; that is 1.3% 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 Khartoum have electricity?

81.6% of households in Khartoum had electricity in 2014, 2nd highest of the 18 states (Sudan: 44.9%).

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

Do people in Khartoum have safe drinking water?

86.9% of people in Khartoum used an improved drinking-water source in 2014, and 79.7% had water piped into their home, plot or yard; 5th 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 Khartoum have a proper toilet?

66.4% of people in Khartoum used an improved toilet not shared with other households in 2014, and 1.7% had no toilet at all; 2nd 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 Khartoum compares with other states

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

Khartoum ranks 17 of 17, highest first.

Rank	Region	Average consumer-price inflation (Northern State: average not published consistently)
11	Gezira	146.7%
12	East Darfur	136.1%
13	South Darfur	116.7%
14	Red Sea	115.3%
15	Central Darfur	111.5%
16	West Kordofan	93.2%
17	Khartoum	90.4%

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)

Khartoum ranks 14 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Consumer-price inflation, December (year on year)
11	East Darfur	136.6%
12	North Kordofan	121.4%
13	South Kordofan	118.7%
14	Khartoum	111.0%
15	Red Sea	90.8%
16	Northern	81.3%
17	Central Darfur	76.5%

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

Bank branches operating (end of 2024)

Khartoum ranks 11 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Bank branches operating
8	Blue Nile	13
9	South Kordofan	10
10	Gezira	8
11	Khartoum	4
12	Sennar	2
13	East Darfur	1
14	West Kordofan	0

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

Households with electricity (2014)

Khartoum ranks 2 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)

Khartoum ranks 5 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Household population using improved drinking water
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%
8	North Kordofan	69.7%

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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