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MIDDLE AFRICA

South Sudan

SS

Juba · pop. 16M · English · South Sudanese pound · landlocked

Trajectories

economic momentum

$1,080

Down 35% since 2008. GDP per head in 2015, in current US dollars.

2015 · $1,080

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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2008high$1,654
2009$1,323−20.0%
2010$1,498+13.2%
2011$1,449−3.3%
2012$1,109−23.4%
2013$1,650+48.8%
2014$1,243−24.7%
2015latest$1,080−13.1%

prices

91.4%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 91.4%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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20095.0%
20101.2%−3.84 pts
201146.9%+45.7 pts
201245.5%−1.33 pts
2013−0.1%−45.6 pts
20141.7%+1.73 pts
201552.8%+51.1 pts
2016high380%+327 pts
2017188%−192 pts
201883.5%−104 pts
201987.2%+3.74 pts
202029.7%−57.6 pts
202110.5%−19.2 pts
2022low−6.7%−17.2 pts
20232.4%+9.07 pts
2024latest91.4%+89.1 pts

demographic curve

3.8 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 7.3 in 1980.

2024 · 3.8

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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19607.2
19617.2+0.2%
19627.2+0.2%
19637.20.0%
19647.2+0.3%
19657.20.0%
19667.3+0.4%
19677.30.0%
19687.3+0.1%
19697.3+0.2%
19707.3+0.1%
19717.3+0.1%
19727.3+0.2%
19737.30.0%
19747.30.0%
19757.3+0.2%
19767.3+0.1%
19777.3−0.1%
19787.3+0.1%
19797.3−0.1%
19807.3+0.1%
19817.3+0.1%
19827.3+0.2%
19837.30.0%
19847.3+0.1%
19857.4+0.1%
19867.4+0.3%
1987high7.4+0.1%
19887.4−0.1%
19897.40.0%
19907.40.0%
19917.40.0%
19927.4−0.1%
19937.4−0.1%
19947.3−0.2%
19957.3−0.1%
19967.3−0.2%
19977.2−1.7%
19987.1−1.7%
19996.9−2.0%
20006.8−1.9%
20016.7−2.2%
20026.5−2.1%
20036.4−2.5%
20046.2−2.6%
20056.0−2.7%
20065.9−2.8%
20075.7−2.5%
20085.6−2.4%
20095.4−2.2%
20105.3−2.4%
20115.2−2.4%
20125.1−2.5%
20134.9−2.4%
20144.8−2.4%
20154.7−2.6%
20164.6−2.5%
20174.5−2.1%
20184.4−2.5%
20194.3−2.5%
20204.2−2.3%
20214.0−2.7%
20224.0−2.1%
20233.9−2.5%
2024latest3.8−2.0%

Metrics

  1. population
    16M
    75 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. military spending
    $1B
    76 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  3. military % of gdp
    2.1%
    46 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  4. area
    620K km²
    45 of 176
    REST Countries
  5. population density
    26 /km²
    135 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  6. life expectancy
    57.6 yr
    171 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  7. internet access
    9%
    166 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  8. urbanisation
    22%
    163 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  9. fertility rate
    3.8
    30 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  10. foreign-born share
    7.7%
    59 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  11. remittances % of gdp
    9.5%
    26 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  12. scientific articles / yr
    17
    162 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  13. gini inequality
    44
    123 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  14. youth unemployment
    19%
    118 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  15. adult literacy
    27%
    109 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. democracy (v-dem)
    0.06
    146 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  17. clean government
    8
    164 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  18. press freedom
    45.8
    124 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  19. human development
    0.388
    164 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  20. refugees hosted
    515K
    17 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  21. refugees produced
    2.3M
    4 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data