Sudan: Sudan Inflation Accelerates As Food and Transport Costs Drive Fresh Price Surge

What the report says

AllAfrica, carrying a Dabanga report from Port Sudan dated 21 July 2026, reported that Sudan’s annual inflation rose to 51.28% in June from 44.5% in May, based on the latest consumer price index figures. Dr Magda Mustafa Sadig, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Financial and Banking Studies at Sudan International University, told Radio Dabanga that the data from the Central Bureau of Statistics point to renewed price pressures. Monthly inflation also increased, reaching 7.08% in June compared with 3.97% in May.

Food and beverages remained the largest driver, with annual inflation of 54.49%, reflecting their heavy weight in the consumer basket. Transport inflation was reported at 65.89%, highlighting the effect of fuel and movement costs on wider prices. Education recorded a much steeper annual rise of 268.72% after revised school fees, which Sadig described as seasonal but still significant for the index. She also linked rising costs to war, damaged supply routes, insecurity, reduced production in some states and the weakening Sudanese pound.

The report said rural households faced stronger food-price pressure, with food inflation at 56.8% compared with 50.81% in urban areas, even though monthly overall inflation was higher in cities. State-level disparities were also large: North Kordofan had the highest monthly rise at 28.46%, while Kassala recorded the highest annual inflation at 151.56%. River Nile state was the only state with negative annual inflation, at -1.05%.

Dabanga reported that the statistics were drawn from field data in 16 states, with estimates used for Central Darfur and North Darfur because insecurity has limited price collection. Sadig said such estimates are acceptable when fieldwork is impossible, but their reliability weakens over time, and she urged updates to the consumer basket and improved data collection in conflict areas.