South Sudan's flag    South Sudan

Official language: English,Arabic
Currency: Sudanese Pound
Capital City: Juba
Area: 619745km2
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD)

11088.8K
2023

Mid-year population
4.3B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
98.7
2021

Under five mortality rate
81.9
2021

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)1.711.30-3.44-4.08-0.871.871.151.511.531.66
Population - Urban (%)18.6018.9019.1019.30
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)52.953.953.853.554.554.553.953.454.055.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)3.434.18
Population - Female (thousands)5,6685,6585,5935,3895,2565,2815,3585,4285,5095,595
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)8.588.78
Population - Urban (thousands)2,1482,2402,3352,4332,5342,6392,7492,8642,9843,110
Total fertility rate (per woman)5.04.94.94.84.74.64.54.54.34.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)5.866.31
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)3.914.02
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)9.539.37
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)7.297.52
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)8.807.92
Population - Urban (%)18.6318.8519.0919.3519.6119.9020.2020.5120.8521.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)4.674.98
Population - Total (thousands)11,21311,19411,06610,65810,39510,44810,60610,74810,91311,089
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)2.793.06
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)55.055.655.555.356.055.955.555.055.656.5
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)8.968.38
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)9.9710.10
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)57.157.257.257.157.457.357.056.557.158.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)7.967.95
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)8.707.59
Population - Male (thousands)5,5465,5365,4735,2705,1395,1675,2485,3215,4055,494
Population - Female (%)50.5450.5450.5450.5650.5650.5450.5250.5050.4850.46
Annual rate of change of the migrant stock (%)25.940.88
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)9.549.83
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)4.204.164.104.074.074.084.094.114.124.14
Population - Male (%)50.0250.0250.0350.0450.0450.0550.05
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
93.994.093.994.194.094.193.993.9
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)40.00
103.5103.5103.8103.6103.5103.4103.5103.6
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)7.007.00
103.5103.5103.8103.6103.5103.4103.5103.6
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
93.994.093.994.194.094.193.993.9
98.798.798.798.798.798.798.798.7
98.798.798.798.798.798.798.798.7
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)85.31
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)14.29
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)47.37
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)4.49
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)46.8
Literacy rate - Female (%)28.86
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)753,113
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)30.39
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)39.91
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)0.9
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)0.70.3
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)0.4
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)31.9434.52
Primary completion rate - Female (%)6.907.00
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)3.6
Literacy rate - Total (%)34.52
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)5.4
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.7
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)4.4
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)0.7
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)25.3428.86
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)11.01
Literacy rate - Male (%)40.26
Primary completion rate - Total (%)10.0010.00
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)72.9981.86
Primary completion rate - Male (%)6.306.50
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)48.43
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)60.38
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)7.67
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)1.001.011.031.01
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)44.3347.90
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.5
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)6.46
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.7
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)5.1
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)38.6240.26
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)35.21
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)5.48
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)1,273,8521,702,636
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)27.74
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)520,739
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)27.5
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)46.854.8322.8657.0
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)15.813.46.55.7
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period1.6652.81379.85187.85
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year9.88109.86479.73117.67
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)1.6652.81379.85187.85
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)170.01356.782,0684,373
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100217.16331.851,5924,584
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)9.88109.86479.74111.4183.5051.1937.9940.00
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)507.88352357362
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)0000
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)429442460482
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)445539580
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)0.880.880.88
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.10.10.10.10.1
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)331.00222.00237.00255.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)80.280.280.4
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)21000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)486576437443
Tourism
World Bank
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)0.021.41.8
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)0.822.023.526.012.0
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)38.0539.0143.0
Transport

Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.000.000.000.000.00
20.0015.0015.0015.0015.0015.0015.0015.00
1504575755050
2.603.003.504.104.805.606.50
000000
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)25.6525.9024.4026.1718.4321.2712.67
06060506565
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)27.2527.0524.9225.5633.46
10.0010.0010.0010.0015.0015.0015.00
2.603.003.504.104.805.606.50
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)2,876,0972,899,0002,700,0002,788,9331,916,2552,221,967
0.18
0000000
000000
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.000.000.000.000.00
100150150200200200200
31.0030.0038.0048.0048.0048.00
04565756565
000000
, 2018=10023,017,45020,797,68049,795,7802,010,56011,759,29016,331,24026,989,7505,851,480
International trade

Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)5,3604,397
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)3,6643,467
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Interest rate - Lending (%)12.7112.55
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)2.953.6046.73113.65141.39158.00
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)2.954.09
Deposit rate (%) (%)1.390.11
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)8.6
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-9.0-31.712.9-4.20.3-23.534.981.8
Net ODA - current USD (millions)1,9641,6751,5872,183
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)37.6359.27104.0060.7046.3028.0937.1558.1641.16
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-9.07-16.66-19.263.26-0.630.086.729.95
International reserves - current USD (millions)416.8229.968.233.836.4378.3183.6
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)170.33140.95129.76173.6
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)14.40
Balance of payments
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)55.0
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-1.231.6616.834.757.291.55-15.56-7.59
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)2.012.312.363.8
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)-8.80
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-1,135.2185.215.1821.5
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)-656.928.2
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-332.1-962.2-439.7-363.1
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)44.00.2-7.81.460.1-231.817.567.5
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-790.2-500.2-215.7281.7
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)0.20.10.10.1
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-0.3-319.4-173.3-58.8
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)677.4596.1382.1-117.9
Environment
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)11.30
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)