Daraasad ku saabsan suuqa shaqada Suudaan: 59% dhalinyarada la baaray ma shaqeeyaan

Daraasadda EMPOWER oo ay maalgelisay Midowga Yurub waxay baartay shaqooyinka, xirfadaha iyo caqabadaha horyaalla ganacsiyada yaryar iyo kuwa dhexdhexaadka ah

Daraasad cusub oo lagu baaray suuqa shaqada Suudaan ayaa daaha ka qaaday in 59% dhalinyarada la baaray aysan shaqeyn, iyadoo 58% ka mid ah aysan waligood shaqeyn. Daraasadda waxaa iska kaashaday barnaamijka EMPOWER oo ay hoggaamiyaan Danish Refugee Council iyo Mercy Corps.

Daraasadda iyo halka xogta laga aruuriyay

Daraasadda In-Depth Gender-Sensitive Joint Labour Market Assessment waxaa dalbaday barnaamijka EMPOWER, oo ay hoggaamiyaan Danish Refugee Council (DRC) iyo Mercy Corps iyagoo la kaashanaya NGO-yada Suudaaniiska, waxaana maalgeliyay Midowga Yurub (EU), iyadoo lala kaashanayo IMPACT Initiatives. Daraasaddu waxay isku dartay xogta labaad iyo 2,814 sahanka dhalinyarada, 936 sahanka shaqo-bixiyeyaasha iyo MSME-yada, 66 waraysi oo lala yeeshay dadka muhiimka ah iyo 54 dood kooxeed. Xogta waxaa laga aruuriyay 18 deegaan oo ku yaal sagaal gobol intii u dhaxeysay Luulyo iyo Agoosto 2026.

Shaqo-la'aan iyo shaqooyinka aan rasmiga ahayn

Natiijooyinka waxay muujinayaan in in ka badan kala badh dhalinyarada la baaray (59%) aysan shaqeyn, 58% ka mid ahna aysan waligood shaqeyn. Saamigaani aad buu uga sarreeyaa haweenka dhalinyarada ah (70%) marka la barbardhigo ragga dhalinyarada ah (33%). Shaqadu inta badan waa mid aan rasmiga ahayn oo isku diyaarisay, iyadoo is-shaqeyntu (47%) iyo shaqada maalinlaha ah ee caadiga ah (26%) ay hoggaaminayaan.

Ganacsiga ayaa ka qaatay qaybta ugu badan ee shaqada dhalinyarada (35%), iyadoo ganacsiga yar yar uu yahay dhaqdhaqaaqa dhaqaale ee ugu badan la soo sheegay. Ganacsiga yar yar waxaa sidoo kale u aqoonsaday haweenka (64%) iyo ragga (65%) dhalinyarada ah inuu yahay fursad ganacsi ama shaqo oo ku habboon. Xagga caqabadaha hay'adaha, nepotism iyo eex ayaa ahaa kuwa ugu badan la soo sheegay (41%).

Qaybaha dhaqaalaha iyo caqabadaha shaqo-bixiyeyaasha

Xogta shaqo-bixiyeyaasha waxay daboolaysaa afar qaybood oo ballaaran: adeegyada (35%), ganacsiga (30%), wax-soo-saarka (15%) iyo beeraha (13%). Adeegyada ayaa muujinaya awoodda shaqo ee ugu xooggan, iyadoo 43% ka mid ah ganacsiyada ay shaqeynayeen in ka badan lix sano iyo 46% ay qorteen shaqaale 12-kii bilood ee la soo dhaafay. Ganacsiga ayaa ahaa qaybta laga heli karo ingelka ugu fudud ee suuqa shaqada, laakiin qorista shaqaalaha oo hooseeya iyo tirada yar ee shaqo-bixiyeyaasha waaweyn ayaa tilmaamaya awood xaddidan oo lagu ballaarin karo shaqada mushahar leh.

Shaqo-bixiyeyaasha ayaa sheegay in ay dhibaato weyn kala kulmaan qorista shaqaale xirfad leh (44% guud ahaan), dhalinyaraduna waxay xaqiijinayaan farqiga: kaliya saddex meelood meel (32%) ayaa sheegay in xirfadahooda si buuxda u dhigmaan fursadaha jira. Awoodda shaqo-bixiyeyaasha ee abuurista boosaska cusub waxaa xaddidaya ugu horrayn helitaanka maaliyadda oo xaddidan (61%), ka dib koritaanka ganacsiga oo daciif ah (43%) iyo kharashka shaqaalaha oo sarreeya (33%).

The EU-funded EMPOWER assessment, led by the Danish Refugee Council and Mercy Corps with IMPACT Initiatives, surveyed youth and employers across nine states.

A gender-sensitive joint labour market assessment in Sudan has found that 59% of youth respondents were not working, with 58% of them never having worked, as conflict-driven displacement and economic decline constrain employment across the country.

Displacement and falling incomes frame a shrinking labour market

Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, driven by the armed conflict that erupted in April 2023, according to the assessment. The conflict has triggered one of the largest displacement crises globally, with over 15 million people displaced as of April 2026.

Per capita income fell from USD 3,400 in 2022 to USD 2,000 in 2024, a level not seen since 1992. The assessment was commissioned by the EMPOWER programme, led by the Danish Refugee Council and Mercy Corps in partnership with Sudanese NGOs and funded by the European Union, in collaboration with IMPACT Initiatives. It combined secondary data with 2,814 youth and 936 employer and MSME surveys, 66 key informant interviews and 54 focus group discussions, collected across 18 localities in nine states between July and August 2026.

Informal work dominates as young women report the widest gap

Among youth respondents, 59% were not working, and 58% of these had never worked, a share far higher among young women (70%) than young men (33%). Employment is predominantly informal and self-arranged, led by self-employment (47%) and casual daily labour (26%). Trade accounted for the largest reported share of youth employment (35%), with petty trade the most commonly reported economic activity.

Petty trade was the activity most frequently identified by both female (64%) and male (65%) youth as a suitable business or employment option. Nepotism and favouritism were the most frequently reported institutional or systemic barriers to employment (41%).

Employers cite finance and skills as barriers to hiring

Employer survey data covers services (35%), trade (30%), manufacturing (15%) and agriculture (13%). Across all sectors, employers report substantial difficulty in recruiting suitably skilled workers (44% overall), and only a third of youth (32%) say their skills fully match available opportunities.

Employers' capacity to create new vacancies is constrained most often by limited access to finance (61%), followed by weak business growth (43%) and high labour costs (33%). The support employers say would most help them hire or train youth is wage subsidies (62%), access to finance for the business (53%) and equipment and tools (44%), while taxation and fees were the most frequently reported policy and regulatory barrier (52%).