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South Sudan

Headline economic indicators for South Sudan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 91.4% +89.06 (+3,737.5%)
Consumer price index · 41,280.7 +19,718 (+91.4%)
GDP deflator inflation · 17.7% +44.39 (+166.3%)

GDP

GDP — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · -10.8% -14.17 (-419.9%)
GDP per capita · 1,080.15 -162.59 (-13.1%)
GDP · 11,997,800,760.22 -1,964,412,087 (-14.1%)
GDP, PPP · 12,827,976,279 -2,595,039,669 (-16.8%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 1,155 -217.87 (-15.9%)
GDP per capita growth · -9.8% -12.51 (-456.5%)
GNI per capita · 1,050 -120.00 (-10.3%)
Agriculture to GDP · 10.4% +2.76 (+36.3%)
Industry to GDP · 33.1% -13.60 (-29.1%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 3.5% +0.86 (+32.1%)
Services to GDP · 56.6% +10.85 (+23.7%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 5.8% -2.24 (-28.1%)
Gross savings to GDP · 6.2% -4.44 (-41.8%)

Labour

Labour — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 12.4% -0.10 (-0.8%)
Labour force participation rate · 73.4% -0.13 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 70.4% -0.23 (-0.3%)
Youth unemployment rate · 18.5% -0.19 (-1.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 64.3% -0.04 (-0.1%)
Employment in agriculture · 63.8% -0.31 (-0.5%)
Employment in industry · 1.7% +0.00 (+0.2%)
Employment in services · 34.6% +0.31 (+0.9%)

Money

Money — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · -55.0% -17.28 (-45.8%)
Broad money to GDP · 21.0% -13.43 (-39.0%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 3.2% -2.52 (-43.7%)
Lending rate · 14.3% -0.39 (-2.7%)
Bank deposit rate · 0.1% -0.06 (-40.1%)
Official exchange rate · 2,163.1 +1,233 (+132.5%)

Trade

Trade — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 7.9% +19.15 (+170.7%)
Exports to GDP · 36.7% -1.74 (-4.5%)
Imports to GDP · 28.9% +2.66 (+10.1%)
Trade to GDP · 65.6% +0.92 (+1.4%)
Exports of goods and services · 4,397,355,862.6 -962,963,459 (-18.0%)
Imports of goods and services · 3,467,364,408.19 -196,725,219 (-5.4%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 55,845,000 +646,723,300 (+109.5%)
Current account balance (annual) · 577,900,000 +1,174,648,300 (+196.8%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.0% -0.01 (-83.2%)
Remittances received to GDP · 9.5% +9.48 (+66,639.8%)
Total reserves, including gold · 15,961,778.49 -56,919,077 (-78.1%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.2 +0.01 (+8.4%)

Government

Government — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Education spending to GDP · 1.6% +0.10 (+6.8%)
Health spending to GDP · 11.6% +5.04 (+76.6%)

Demography

Demography — South Sudan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 12,188,788 +245,380 (+2.1%)
Population growth · 2.0% -1.89 (-48.2%)
Life expectancy · 57.7 +0.12 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 3.79 -0.08 (-2.0%)
Birth rate · 29.2 +0.63 (+2.2%)
Death rate · 9.8 +0.21 (+2.2%)
Urban population share · 21.7% +0.31 (+1.4%)
Population aged 65 and over · 3.1% +0.08 (+2.8%)
Under-five mortality rate · 96.7 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Population density · 18.9 +0.73 (+4.0%)
Net migration · 6,145 -9,229 (-60.0%)
Gini index · 44.0 -2.30 (-5.0%)

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