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REPORTING ECONOMY · SSD

South Sudan, in context.

Annual data for South Sudan. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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SS South Sudan2015

Total GDP

$12Bconstant 2015 US$
-10.8% year over year
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SS South Sudan2023

Unemployment

12.4%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.1 pp year over year
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SS South Sudan2024

Inflation

91.4%annual change in consumer prices (%)
+89.1 pp year over year
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SS South Sudan2015

GDP per capita

$1.1Kconstant 2015 US$ per person
-9.8% year over year
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SS South Sudan2025

Population

12.2Mpeople
+2.1% year over year
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SS South Sudan2023

Employment ratio

64.3%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.0 pp year over year
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SS South Sudan2023

Electricity consumption

47.9kilowatt-hours per person
-2.1% year over year
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SS South Sudan2024

Life expectancy

57.7years at birth
+0.2% year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

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Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.south-sudan
World Bank reporting code
SSD
Geographic region
Africa · Eastern Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 728
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Eastern Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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