South Sudan: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for South Sudan — 224 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
3.94
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.22
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
623,624.99
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
646,883.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
666.35
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Economy (33)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2015
-6.72
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2015
0.65
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2015
9.27
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
1.76
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2015
5.44
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2015
0.01
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2015
10.36
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2015
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2015
36.65
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2015
2.65
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2015
12.00B
GDP (current US$)
2015
12.00B
GDP growth (annual %)
2015
-10.79
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2015
1,080.15
GDP per capita (current US$)
2015
1,080.15
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2015
-9.77
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2015
1,154.89
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2015
12.83B
GNI (current US$)
2015
10.52B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2015
1,050.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2015
1,010.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2015
11.67B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2015
11.25B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2015
28.90
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2015
33.09
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2015
17.69
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
91.44
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2015
0.01
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2015
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2015
10.39
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2015
56.55
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2015
13.05
Trade (% of GDP)
2015
65.55
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
8.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2016
1.57
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2008
26.83
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
3.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
98.44
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
122.12
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
0.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
0.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
0.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
5.40
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
1.80
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
19.10
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
47.90
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
0.34
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
1.92M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
0.34
Environment (13)
Bird species, threatened
2022
23.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
2.76
Fish species, threatened
2022
0.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
18.00
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
30.74
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
21.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
18.17
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
15.40
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
15.40
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Health & Population (105)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
96.28
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
72.14
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
5.15
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
66.99
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
32,841.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
29.22
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
60.40
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
9.54
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
28.88
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
1.18
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
11.61
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
9.82
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
4.60
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
3.79
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
73.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
73.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
72.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
7.70
International migrant stock, total
2024
914,001.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
60.75
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
54.76
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
57.74
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
2.41
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
42.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
692.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
36.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
22.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
19.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
25.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
134.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
117.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
154.20
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.61
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.12
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
2.12
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
68.10
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
246.48
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
355.03
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
71.90
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
66.10
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
77.30
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
39.50
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
96.70
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
91.50
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
102.10
Net migration
2025
6,145.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
2,753.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
4,659.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
5,393.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
3,893.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
24,071.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
2,300.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
13,744.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
31,993.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
62.80
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
39.75
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
14.43
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.04
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
38.92
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
2.30M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
37.87
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
2.35M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
40.00
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
4.65M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
58.09
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
3.56M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
58.70
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
3.38M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
57.46
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
6.94M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
2.99
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
208,457.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.43
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
148,851.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.53
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
357,308.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
3.93
Population, female
2024
6.07M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.82
Population, male
2024
5.87M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.18
Population, total
2024
11.94M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
60.50
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
34.40
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
42.20
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
35.00
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
8.20
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
15.30
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
13.50
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
21.90
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
32.36
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
2.29M
Rural population
2024
9.39M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
78.62
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
3.54
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.04
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
7.89
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
3.85
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
12.06
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
59.88
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
47.93
UHC service coverage index
2023
41.00
Urban population
2024
2.55M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
21.38
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
5.36
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
63.76
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
65.42
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
62.17
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
70.39
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
76.64
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2023
12.37
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2015
0.00
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
83.42M
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
890.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
652.22M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
9.72
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
47.97
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
51.25
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2022
0.00
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.02
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.14
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
51.41
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.61
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
1.18B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
1.28B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
5.57
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
14.19
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
13.37
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.14
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.45
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.66
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.33
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
64.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
20.96
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
64.85
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
31.92
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2015
15.92
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Real interest rate (%)
2024
-26.89
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.