Sudan SDN

Regulatory maturity stage: Nascent Index: 17.1 (rank 18/19) Red Sea, Horn and Indian Ocean

Sudan is placed at the Nascent stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: None coded; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy: None coded
Dedicated AI governance bodies: 0
AI-relevant regulations: 0
Data protection law: None coded
International frameworks referenced: 0
OECD.AI registered initiatives: 0

Index pillars

Regulation0.0

Readiness16.2

Digital governmentn/a

Cybersecurity35.0

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202516.21

UN E-Government Development Index, 2024n/a

Human Capital Index, 2024n/a

ITU Global Cybersecurity Index35.03

National Cyber Security Index11.69

Internet users, 2023 (% of population)n/a

AI publications, 202320

Trends

AI readiness score

AI publications per year

Typology coding

Governance type: To be defined
Regulatory approach: To be defined
Enforcement model: To be defined
Sovereignty posture: To be defined
International alignment: To be defined
Cluster label (M3): Fragile or conflict-affected context

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Sudan: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/sudan/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).

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