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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 (see all)
South Sudan's president warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections
Read: Fox News
2024-04-04
South Sudan's president warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections
Read: ABC News
2024-04-03
South Sudan's president warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections
Read: The Star
2024-04-03
South Sudan on the brink after oil exports derailed by Sudan's civil war
Read: Al Jazeera
2024-03-26
Metrics
General information
Business
GDP | 11,997,800,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | -6.69 annual % |
Self-employed | 88.91 % of total employment |
Unemployment | 12.04 % 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 | -23,291 |
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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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago