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🇸🇸 South Sudan

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Policy rate not yet covered
Headline inflation 58.21% stale May 2025
FX premium not yet covered
Latest T-bill not yet covered

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

2.91,1012,200201420162018202020222024

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline stale 58.21% May 2025 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

12 of 22 indicators improving mixed

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

12.2M · 2025

10M11M12M201520172019202120232025

↑ 953,715 since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$1,155 · 2015

$1,100$1,250$1,40020142015

↓ $217.87 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

-9.8% · 2015

-10%0%3%20142015

↓ 12.5 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

57.7 years · 2024

3546.558201420162018202020222024

↑ 12.1 years since 2014

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Child mortality

96.7 per 1,000 · 2024

96193290201420162018202020222024

↓ 85.9 since 2014

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Internet users

6.7% · 2019

2.5%4.6%6.7%201420152016201720182019

↑ 4.1 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

3.5% · 2015

2.6%3%3.5%20142015

↑ 0.9 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

5.4% · 2024

4.2%6.3%8.4%201420162018202020222024

↑ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

not available

Debt service / exports

not available

Exports of goods and services

$4.5B · 2023

$1.6B$3.7B$5.8B2014201820202023

↑ $712.1M since 2014

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GDP growth

-10.8% · 2015

-11%0%4%20142015

↓ 14.2 pts since 2014

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GDP

$12B · 2015

$11B$12.5B$14B20142015

↓ $2B since 2014

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Unemployment

12.4% · 2023

12%13%14%2014201820202023

↓ 0.2 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$83.4M · 2024

$-7.8M$0$121.5M201420162018202020222024

↑ $82.4M since 2014

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Remittances

$1.2B · 2023

$1.9M$651M$1.3B2014201820202023

↑ $1.2B since 2014

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External debt

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Agriculture share of GDP

10.4% · 2015

7.5%8.8%10%20142015

↑ 2.8 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

56.6% · 2015

45%51%57%20142015

↑ 10.8 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

5.8% · 2015

5.7%6.8%8%20142015

↓ 2.2 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

not available

FX reserves

$16M · 2024

$15M$217.5M$420M201420162018202020222024

↓ $400.8M since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

14.3% · 2025

10%13%16%201520172019202120232025

↓ 4.4 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

0.1% · 2025

0%0.6%1.2%201520172019202120232025

↓ 1.3 pts since 2014

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Health expenditure

11.6% · 2023

6.3%14.2%22%2017201920212023

↓ 10.5 pts since 2017

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Physicians

0 per 1,000 · 2022

0.0330.0380.04320182019202020212022

→ 0 since 2018

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Tertiary enrollment

not available

Tourist arrivals

not available

Account ownership

5.8% · 2021

5.8%7.2%8.6%20172018201920202021

↓ 2.7 pts since 2017

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$391.78 · 2023

$150$340$5302014201820202023

↑ $54.72 since 2014

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Median age

18 years · 2023

1617182014201820202023

↑ 0 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

28.1% · 2026

21%39.5%58%201620182020202220242026

↑ 0 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

57.3% · 2026

39%84.5%130%20142017202020232026

↑ 17.7 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

SSP 19.0T · 2026

SSP 17BSSP 9.5TSSP 19.0T20142017202020232026

↑ SSP 19.0T since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

3.2% · 2026

-32%0%54%20142017202020232026

↑ 8.6 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

1.4% · 2026

-17%0%12%20142017202020232026

↑ 10.9 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.13 · 2025

0.130.150.17201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.03 since 2014

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Crude production

112.7 kb/d · 2025

78 kb/d119 kb/d160 kb/d201520172019202120232025

↓ 35.1 kb/d since 2014

EIA · thousand barrels/day

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Trade profile

Exports

$4.5B · 2023

$1.6B$3.7B$5.8B2014201820202023

↑ $712.1M since 2014

Imports

$4.4B · 2023

$1.9B$4.2B$6.4B2014201820202023

↓ $811.1M since 2014

Balance derived

$55.8M · 2023

$-1.9B$0$615.3M2014201820202023

↑ $1.5B since 2014

Top exports · 2025

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $3.3B · 99.3%
  2. Iron and steel $9.7M · 0.3%
  3. Wood and wood articles $3.7M · 0.1%
  4. Fish and crustaceans $2.8M · 0.1%
  5. Copper $2.5M · 0.1%
  6. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits $1.2M · 0.0%
  7. Live animals $855,719 · 0.0%
  8. Plastics $697,551 · 0.0%
  9. Lacs, gums, resins $558,604 · 0.0%
  10. Milling products $476,472 · 0.0%

Partners

  1. Malaysia $1.2B · 36.7%
  2. United Arab Emirates $629.9M · 19.2%
  3. Singapore $570.1M · 17.4%
  4. Italy $383.1M · 11.7%
  5. China $358.1M · 10.9%
  6. Oman $40.8M · 1.2%
  7. Thailand $37M · 1.1%
  8. India $32.3M · 1.0%
  9. Uganda $21.5M · 0.7%
  10. Kenya $1.5M · 0.0%

Top imports · 2025

Products

  1. Milling products $112.5M · 13.0%
  2. Pharmaceutical products $74.4M · 8.6%
  3. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $67.9M · 7.8%
  4. Vehicles other than railway $66.6M · 7.7%
  5. Sugars and confectionery $61.6M · 7.1%
  6. Salt, earths, stone, cement $46.7M · 5.4%
  7. Beverages, spirits, vinegar $43.2M · 5.0%
  8. Iron and steel $41.2M · 4.7%
  9. Edible vegetables $32.3M · 3.7%
  10. Soap, waxes, candles $28.6M · 3.3%

Partners

  1. Uganda $523.7M · 60.3%
  2. Kenya $167M · 19.2%
  3. Netherlands $65.5M · 7.5%
  4. Japan $35.7M · 4.1%
  5. United States $16.3M · 1.9%
  6. India $11.5M · 1.3%
  7. Rwanda $9M · 1.0%
  8. Canada $6.8M · 0.8%
  9. United Arab Emirates $6.1M · 0.7%
  10. Tanzania $4.8M · 0.5%

2025 filings are still arriving — this page updates as each country reports

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