🇸🇸 South Sudan
Republic of South Sudan
Every statistic we track for South Sudan — 81 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$1,540
63.9 yrs
0.06
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Bank Branches | 1.7 | #152/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 3.2% | #46/190 | 2026 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 2,163.1 | #15/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #206/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | 1.4% | #15/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 6.1 | #156/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 19.2 | #151/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 488 | #189/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 1,540 | #189/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 3.7% | #55/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 57.3% | #80/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 3,853 | #133/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 14% | #13/191 | 2026 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 4.6% | #142/144 | 2017 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4.1% | #49/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #158/191 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.8 | #32/217 | 2024 |
| Internally Displaced People | 1,277,527 | #14/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 19 | #208/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 10.9 | #77/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 12.4 | #78/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 22 | #198/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 2,386,499 | #5/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 21.4% | #206/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 5.4% | #214/214 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 48.5 | #200/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🌱 Environment
| Energy Use per Person | 69 | #149/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 1.8% | #178/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #162/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0 | #164/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -2.1 | #192/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 8 | #179/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 8 | #177/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #169/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #178/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #166/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #44/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 1 | #195/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #157/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #156/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -2.2 | #192/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #148/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #156/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 3.4% | #15/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #168/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #8/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 42.6 | #131/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #167/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -1.9 | #187/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 46.2 | #114/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 3.1 | #7/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 32 | #10/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 23.3 | #23/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.3 | #146/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 8.5 | #1/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 4.1 | #103/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.4 | #193/193 | 2023 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.