Life expectancy
57.7 · 2024
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South Sudan
$1,080GDP per capita · 2015
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
11.9M · 2024
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Population growth
3.9% · 2024
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Urban population
21.4% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
No data
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External
Current account balance
7.9% · 2023
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Current account balance (IMF)
-4.0% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
No data
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Government gross debt
62.1% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
12.4% · 2023
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$12B · 2015
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GDP (IMF)
$5.7B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 17.9B · 2025
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GDP growth
-10.8% · 2015
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GDP per capita
$1,080 · 2015
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$470 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$1,050 · 2015
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Real GDP growth
46.1% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
91.4% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
97.6% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
44 · 2016
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Internet users
6.7% · 2019
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Trade
Exports
36.7% · 2015
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Imports
28.9% · 2015
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Trade
65.6% · 2015
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