Sudan is nominally a federal republic run by a military-led Sovereignty Council headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Since April 2023 it has been in a civil war with the Rapid Support Forces, which operate a rival administration in parts of the country.
In the 12 Axes register, Sudan leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Sudan sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
Federal on paper, no state legislatures, rival RSF government
Autocracy
Sovereignty Council led by Burhan
Authoritarian
Emergency rule, press and dissent suppressed
Anti-Interventionist
Sovereignty and alliance diplomacy in war
Militarist
Civil war with the RSF since 2023
Centrist
Arab-dominant state, Darfur conflict
Mixed Economic
Gold and agriculture, war-damaged economy
Balanced
Largely informal market economy
Limited Trade
Sanctions and war cut trade
Spiritual
Majority Muslim, state secular since 2020
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised; death penalty dropped in 2020
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Sudan is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Sudan is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Keepscases, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
