Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of October 1, 2026
Who holds the health record in Sudan?
In 2026, Sudan scores 22 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record. It is tied for 193rd of 198 countries and territories, and could rank anywhere from 176th to 197th allowing for scoring error, in the Poor band (0 to 24). Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026.
Doctors, hospitals and insurers decide. No right is above the typical country. The closest is your say over research use (46 out of 100, against 46 for the typical country). The furthest behind is privacy and security (20 out of 100, against 45 for the typical country).
Sudan, at war since 2023, has no data protection law or patient right to a record copy; electronic records reached two sites in 2026.
Published · updated · this country's data as of October 1, 2026 · research tool, not legal advice
overall score · Poor band, 0 to 24
22/100
rank among 198 countries and territories; likely 176th to 197th, allowing for scoring error
In 2026, getting your full record scores 22 out of 100 in Sudan; the typical country scores 40 to 45. No Sudanese law we opened gives patients a right to a copy of their record, and the 2015 information law exempts medical records from disclosure. A 2011 rule obliging lab staff to give patients their results puts Sudan just above Libya (20/100). Source: CYRILLA, 2015, and the other sources below.
Who controls health records in Sudan?
In 2026, doctors, hospitals and insurers hold the keys to your health record in Sudan. Control over who sees it scores 22 out of 100 in Sudan; the typical country scores 30. Patients have no legal tools to decide who sees their record: no consent rules for sharing, no opt-out and no access log. Protection rests on a professional secrecy duty and a constitutional privacy right. Source: Constitute Project, International IDEA translation, 2019, and the other sources below.
How does Sudan compare?
In 2026, Sudan scores 22 out of 100, against 39 for the typical country. This brief compares it with Eritrea (22 out of 100), Guinea-Bissau (21 out of 100) and Libya (23 out of 100). Source: the ranking of all 198 countries and territories.
Eight rights, compared with Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya and the typical country
Scores out of 100, by right
Getting your full record20%
22
18 · 20 · 20
Control over who sees it20%
22
22 · 20 · 22
Privacy and security15%
20
25 · 22 · 25
One record across your care15%
18
20 · 20 · 18
Protection from sale and ads10%
20
25 · 20 · 25
Doctors see it when treating you10%
15
15 · 15 · 17
Your say over research use5%
46
43 · 43 · 46
Rules for AI in your care5%
25
18 · 15 · 25
Black dot: Sudan. Hollow dots: Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya (scores out of 100 on the right, same order). Gray line: the typical country of all 198. Overall: Sudan 22 out of 100. Scores move in steps of about 5 points, so read a rank with its likely range.
What would Sudan need to change to score higher?
Sudan sits in Poor (0 to 24); Weak starts at 25. Its two weakest rights, compared with the typical country and weighted by how much each counts, are privacy and security (20 out of 100, against 45 for the typical country) and getting your full record (22 out of 100, against 40 to 45 for the typical country). Our scoring rules give more points for:
Privacy and security: A health data regulator that is independent and actually acts: it decides cases about health records, breaches must be reported, and fines are applied.
Getting your full record: A national portal that shows most people at least part of their record (a summary, prescriptions, lab results) puts this right at 60 to 75 out of 100. A near-full record that you can download, with a long history and used by most people, puts it at 76 to 90.
Which laws give health record rights in Sudan?
Constitutional Charter 2019, Article 55: Protects privacy, private and family life and correspondence, except as the law allows.
Right to Access Information Act 2015: Right to request information from public bodies; Article 12(e) exempts personal and medical records.
Medicines and Poisons Act 2009: Medicines regulator law; medicinal clinical trials must be reviewed by the National Medicines and Poisons Board.
Doctors, waits and private care context, not part of the score
Doctors per 10,000
2.5 2017
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
10.8 2018
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
59.9% 2023
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Real cases
August 10, 2026 · Independent Arabia Patient files left behind when a specialist hospital closed in the war
Who to contact in Sudan
Not legal advice. Laws, offices and websites can change, so check with the office itself before you rely on anything here.
For Sudan, we list one official office to contact about your health record, as of :
See your record: ask the records office of your doctor, hospital or clinic
Health ministry:وزارة الصحة الاتحادية (Federal Ministry of Health)
In 2026, Sudan scored 22 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record, tied for 193rd of 198 countries and territories (could be 176th to 197th), in the Poor band. Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/sudan/
The 17 sources for Sudan
Each source appears once, under the first right it supports. Titles are shown as our research agents recorded them, usually in the page's own language; text in square brackets is our machine translation. Links were checked on the date shown.
Getting your full record (4 sources)
“Right to Access Information Act 2015”
CYRILLA (law or regulation) · Title in English
Dated 2015 · Link checked October 2, 2026 (opened)
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