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

Consumer prices in Sennar State were on average 218.7% higher in 2024 than a year earlier, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 5th highest of 17 states with a consistently published average (Sudan: 176.9%); in 2023 the average was 133.4% (Sudan: 66.6%). In December 2024 the annual rate was 357.7% (Sudan: 187.8%).

Are banks open in Sennar?

2 bank branches were operating in Sennar at the end of 2024, down from 30 in December 2021, before the war; that is 0.6% 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 Sennar have electricity?

57.9% of households in Sennar had electricity in 2014, 5th highest of the 18 states (Sudan: 44.9%).

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

Do people in Sennar have safe drinking water?

88.6% of people in Sennar used an improved drinking-water source in 2014, and 36.8% had water piped into their home, plot or yard; 3rd 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 Sennar have a proper toilet?

18.6% of people in Sennar used an improved toilet not shared with other households in 2014, and 34.6% had no toilet at all; 8th lowest 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 Sennar compares with other states

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

Sennar ranks 5 of 17, highest first.

Rank	Region	Average consumer-price inflation (Northern State: average not published consistently)
2	River Nile	325.8%
3	Gedaref	300.2%
4	South Kordofan	227.4%
5	Sennar	218.7%
6	West Darfur	208.4%
7	Blue Nile	197.3%
8	North Kordofan	164.3%

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)

Sennar ranks 3 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Consumer-price inflation, December (year on year)
1	Gedaref	458.6%
2	River Nile	385.5%
3	Sennar	357.7%
4	Kassala	292.7%
5	West Darfur	276.4%
6	White Nile	262.0%
7	Blue Nile	197.7%

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

Bank branches operating (end of 2024)

Sennar ranks 12 of 18, highest first.

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

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

Households with electricity (2014)

Sennar ranks 5 of 18, highest first.

Rank	Region	Households with electricity
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%
8	Red Sea	39.6%

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

Household population using improved drinking water (2014)

Sennar ranks 3 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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