Sudan’s Healthcare Sector
By Africa Health Business
Fun Fact
Sudan was the first country in Africa and the Middle East to have a first female parliamentarian and the first female minister for health.
Sudan was the first country in Africa and the Middle East to have a first female parliamentarian and the first female minister for health.
Did you Know?
Half of Sudanese doctors practice abroad.
Half of Sudanese doctors practice abroad.
Quick Facts:
65 Years
Life expectancy,
2019
-2.5
GDP growth (annual %),
2019
GDP growth (annual %),
2019
Exported products
Gold ($1.28B), Crude Petroleum($719M) and Other Oily Seeds ($742M),
2019
7.67
Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP,
2019
Imported products
Raw Sugar ($470M), wheat ($445M) and packaged medicaments ($218M),
2018
9.0
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP,
2019
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP,
2019
$6.04M deficit
Balance of trade,
2015
Balance of trade,
2015
