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Key facts

  • Currency: South Sudanese Pound
  • Capital city: Juba
  • Region: Middle Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 631,930 km²
  • Population: 10,913,164
  • Political Leader: Salva Kiir Mayardit (President)

Latest news

South Sudan to reopen schools after 2-week, extreme heat-induced closure

Read: Fox News

2024-03-26

South Sudan on the brink after oil exports derailed by Sudan's civil war

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-26

South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-20

South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave - video

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-20

Extreme Heat Wave Pushes South Sudan to Close Schools

Read: The New York Times

2024-03-20

UN reports 35 percent increase in people affected by South Sudan violence

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-19

UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan

Read: ABC News

2024-03-19

Metrics

Business

GDP 11,997,800,000.00 current US$
Inflation -6.69 annual %
Self-employed 88.91 % of total employment
Unemployment 12.44 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 87.72 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 282,527.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.02 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,742.70 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 99.39 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.61 % of total
Net energy imports -1,058.12 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.47 births per woman
Forest area 71,570 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 72.22 % of total
Median age 12.50 years
Methane emissions 32,385.90 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 21,818.30 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 5,508,626
Male Population 5,404,538
Renewable energy consumption 33.22 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 623,625.00 km²
Rural population 8,638,206
Urban land area 666.36 km²
Urban population 2,274,958
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 29.11 per 1,000 people
Death rate 11.05 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 33.23 current US$
Health expenditure 5.25 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 1.27 per 1,000 uninfected population
Life expectancy at birth 55 years
Suicide mortality rate 3.90 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 7.75 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 1,475,000
Individuals using the Internet 6.50 % of population
Net migration -30,694
Press freedom 1.71


Politics

Armed forces personnel 53,000
Democracy score 0.00
Democracy type Unknown
Military expenditure 3.02 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 32.36 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 2 days ago

License

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