Juba, South Sudan — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has called for tangible evidence of progress toward democratic elections the country. Briefing the United Nations Security Council this week, special representative of the secretary-general and head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, told government leaders “the clock on the extension is already ticking.” Since winning its independence in 2011, South Sudan is just beginning its fourth extension of the transitional period government, with elections now rescheduled for 2026. Speaking for Haysom, U.N. South Sudan acting spokesperson Rabindra Giri said, “The international community needs tangible evidence that this country’s leaders and political elite are genuinely committed to a democratic future.” As the country struggles with increasing internal conflict, the delay in democratic reform affects the hopes for peace, stability and development, even beyond South Sudan's borders, impacting the entire East African region. UNMISS officials stressed that time is running out for political leaders to fulfill their obligations under the peace agreement. “We must collectively seize the opportunity to make this extension the last and deliver the peace and democracy that the people of South Sudan deserve,” Giri said. On the streets of Juba, South Sudanese citizens were eager to talk about how the delays in implementing the peace agreement raise doubts about whether their leaders genuinely care about the nation’s well-being and are impacting their hopes for peace, stability and development.    Nunu Diana, a women’s rights advocate in South Sudan, is one of them. “I think because of the extension, personally, as a young person, I have lost morale in the governance system of the country,” Diana said. Data Gordon, an advocate for peace and gender equality, is another. “The time for political statements without tangible and time-bound action is over," Gorton said. "For elections to take place as scheduled, the government needs to walk the talk.” UNMISS said it is moving ahead with support to the National Elections Commission, while Haysom highlighted civic education, preparing for voter registration, a code of conduct between political parties, civil society, media and election security among the areas that the parties could immediately address. Haysom said time is a nonrenewable resource. He said this is South Sudan’s last chance to deliver on its promise of democracy, and there is a need for sustained international support while holding South Sudan's leaders accountable to their own commitments. “This cannot be business as usual for the parties to the peace agreement, the political elite, the guarantors of the peace agreement or the international community," Giri said. "We must collectively seize the opportunity to make this extension the last and deliver the peace and democracy that the people of South Sudan deserve.”

[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has called for tangible evidence of progress toward democratic elections the country.

[The New Humanitarian] Malakal, South Sudan -- 'There is no house, no food, and no place to sleep for the children.'

Muslims in Sudan’s River Nile state drove 34 displaced Christians from their homes, sources said.

[MSF] An alarming number of children suffering from severe malaria have been admitted to Aweil state hospital, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs the paediatric and maternity wards, in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state, South Sudan, over the past three months. Malaria admissions to the children's ward began to increase in June and, by September, up to 400 children a week were being admitted to the paediatric department with severe malaria - more than double the numbers compared to September the

In August, fellow reporter Jason Patinkin and I crossed on foot from northern Uganda into rebel-held South Sudan. Over the course of four days, we walked more than 40 miles through the bush, escorted by rebel soldiers, to shed light on one of the world’s most underreported conflicts.

Reporting on South Sudan’s war, which began in 2013, has always been a challenge due to the risk and logistical hurdles associated with accessing remote areas where fighting takes place. But over the past year, covering the war and its humanitarian fallout has become particularly difficult. Since the beginning of this year, South Sudan’s government has banned at least 20 foreign journalists in an apparent effort to silence reporters who had a track record of critically reporting on the government.

This systematic crackdown on the foreign press (South Sudanese journalists have long risked imprisonment and death for doing their work) coincided with two important developments. In November 2016, the United Nations warned that the violence being committed against civilians in the southern region of Equatoria risked spiraling into genocide. Then, in February, the UN declared a man-made famine, warning that 100,000 people were at risk of starving to death as a result of civil war.

Journalists seeking to cover these events were left with two equally unsavory options: self-censorship or a risky trip to rebel-held parts of the country. Only a handful of journalists have attempted the latter since fighting escalated in July last year. For us, this was our second embed with the rebels this year.

We set off from a town in northern Uganda at five in the morning, bouncing along a bumpy dirt track towards the South Sudan border. Crammed into our four-wheel drive were rebel commander Martin Abucha, a dual American and South Sudanese citizen who we planned to profile for our PBS NewsHour Weekend segment, a couple of guides, and several duffle bags stuffed with our tents, sleeping bags, emergency medical kits and provisions to last us four days.

Just as the sun began to rise above a distant range of hills that we aimed to cross later that day, our car came to a halt in front of a stream. Because of the rainy reason, it carried more water than usual. It was time to disembark and start walking, or “footing,” as South Sudanese tend to call it.

We took off our shoes and waded through the stream’s chilly waters. This was the first of a many rivers we’d have to cross along the way, either on foot or in small flimsy canoes dug out from tree trunks. Each time, we dreaded the idea of falling in with our camera gear.

The first part of our journey in northern Uganda felt very much like a hike through a national park. Passing beautiful landscapes and idyllic farming villages, one could almost forget we were headed into a war zone — but we were about to get a reality check.

We had just crossed into South Sudan when out of nowhere, two dozen armed men popped out of the tall grass and surrounded us at gunpoint.

“Stop! Who are you and where are you going?” a soldier called out in Juba Arabic from his hideout no more than 20 yards away, pointing his AK47 at us. Another one next to him had a rocket-propelled grenade propped on his shoulder, also unequivocally aiming it in our direction.

Instinctively, we threw our hands in the air and exchanged a baffled glance. Had we accidentally bumped into government soldiers? Or perhaps we had come onto the “wrong” rebels? Abucha’s group, called the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition, is the biggest but not the only armed group in Equatoria, an area rife with rival militia and bandits who exploit the security vacuum left by war.

To our relief, and only after Abucha answered a series of questions, this routine security check quickly gave way to a warm welcome. The platoon would be our escort for the next four days as we trekked to their base and to Loa, Abucha’s hometown.

Keeping up with the rebels was no easy task. Given the country’s pervasive lack of basic infrastructure, South Sudanese grow up walking for dozens of miles just to go about their daily lives. For sedentary Westerners, keeping the target pace of “two meters per second” (around five miles an hour) proved challenging amid 90-degree temperatures, all while filming and plowing our way through dense, itchy elephant grass.

The upside of the cumbersome terrain was that it kept us safe. During our four-day trip, we didn’t cross a single road, instead walking along a dizzying network of narrow bush paths the rebels seemed to know like the backs of their hands. An unwanted encounter with government troops, who tended to stick to roads and move around in vehicles as opposed to on foot, was highly unlikely.

The closest we got to government-controlled area was a visit to Loa, located just two kilometers away from a main road frequently patrolled by government soldiers. We couldn’t stay long, but the hour we spent on the ground offered us a glimpse into what villages must look like in many parts of Equatoria: burned mud huts, looted schools and clinics, fallow fields and – most strikingly – no civilians.

The war has had a devastating impact on South Sudanese communities like the one in Loa, but much of it has remained out of the limelight of international media. Our four-day venture into rebel-held South Sudan offered us a rare opportunity to report ground truths, and we are thankful for that.

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The United Nations says South Sudan’s four-year-old civil war has left half of the nation’s population — 6 million people — in need of humanitarian aid. The conflict began when South Sudan’s army split between factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar. The two men mobilized their respective tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer. The war has caused what is now one of the world’s worst refugee crises.

SIMONA FOLTYN: Civil war is emptying huge swaths of South Sudan. The violence has uprooted four million people, including two million who’ve fled to neighboring countries. In the last year, more than a million South Sudanese have poured into northern Uganda alone, crossing makeshift bridges like this one to flee fighting, hunger, and brutal attacks on civilians.

SEME LUPAI, REFUGEE: They started fighting very, very severely. So that made us to escape with our properties to this side.

SIMONA FOLTYN: When Seme Lupai’s family went to one of the refugee camps, initially, he stayed behind to look after the family’s most precious commodity — their cattle. He hid for a year to escape the violence. The refugees carry whatever they can salvage — mattresses, pots, clothes, notebooks — remnants of once peaceful lives turned upside down. At checkpoints, Ugandan soldiers search their belongings for weapons, before the refugees proceed to reception centers. After entering Uganda, the refugees sign in at small waystations. For many, it’s the first night spent in safety after walking for days to escape fighting. Levi Arike fled with his wife and four children.

LEVI ARIKE, REFUGEE: When the gunshots started, we laid under a tree with the whole family, because there was nowhere else to hide. We waited for the fighting to stop, and then we got up and started walking to Uganda.

SIMONA FOLTYN: Uganda now shoulders most of the burden of Africa’s biggest refugee crisis, managing a constellation of camps which require food, water, healthcare, and policing. At Imvepi Camp, now home to more than 120,000 South Sudanese, new arrivals receive vaccinations, hot meals, and basic items such as soap and plastic tarps to build a house. The government also gives each refugee family a small plot of land, about a twentieth of an acre, where they can build a tent shelter and grow crops to eat or sell. But the land often proves too rocky for farming.

SIMONA FOLTYN, IMVEPI REFUGEE CAMP, NORTHERN UGANDA: After completing the registration process, the new arrivals will receive their plot, to start a new life as refugees in Uganda. While they are safe here, there are many challenges ahead, not least processing the trauma of what they experienced back home.

This woman, who we’ll call “Agnes,” agreed to tell us about her harrowing experience. She says four government soldiers from President Salva Kiir’s Dinka tribe stopped her as she was fleeing South Sudan and raped her right in front of her family.

AGNES (translated to English): When they started raping me, they told me not to raise alarm, otherwise they would shoot me. Still when I’m sleeping, I’m dreaming of the Dinka, that they are coming to rape me again.

SIMONA FOLTYN: How often do you have those dreams?

AGNES: Daily, every time I lie down, those dreams come.

SIMONA FOLTYN: A recent Human Rights Watch report on South Sudan found “…a clear pattern of government forces unlawfully targeting civilians for killings, rapes, torture…and destruction of property..” The victims are from ethnic groups suspected to support the rebels.

AGNES: They are doing it, because they know very well that those soldiers are our brothers. So they do it to punish them..

SIMONA FOLTYN: Although the rebels, known as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition, purport to protect local communities, there are also reports of their fighters assaulting civilians near the Ugandan border. Josephine Yanya told us she didn’t feel safe in the presence of either side’s soldiers. Her family and neighbors fled their village after government soldiers killed her uncle.

They hid in the mountains only to find themselves under attack again, this time by opposition fighters from the Nuer tribe loyal to former vice president Riek Machar. Yanya says ethnic Nuer soldiers from the SPLA-IO rebel group raped a member of her group and stole her father’s’ cattle.

JOSEPHINE YANYA (translated to English): Before we were thinking that the rebels would protect us, but if they are lacking food, they just come and take things by force.

SIMONA FOLTYN: With nowhere left to hide, Yanya fled to Uganda with her son.
But instead of finding a place to rebuild their lives, they are in limbo. And aid groups don’t have enough food to distribute.

JOSEPHINE YANYA (translated to English):We are getting small food rations. I know it won’t be enough even for one month.

SIMONA FOLTYN: According to the United Nations, the international community has given less than a-third of the $1.4 billion dollars needed for the refugee response in South Sudan’s neighboring countries. These refugees foresee more hardship and have no idea when they might return home.

JOSEPHINE YANYA (translated to English): I’m always praying for peace in South Sudan, and until then, I’ll just stay here.

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Rival parties to the conflict in South Sudan are putting military gains ahead of political settlement, a top U.N. official told the Security Council.

South Sudan's capital is witnessing heavy fighting due to clashes between former rebels and government soldiers in several parts of the city.

African performer Nyapal Lul is making music again in her new desert home of Alice Springs after fleeing war-torn South Sudan in 2013, leaving five children behind.

19 December 2013

Research Event

Event participants

Alan Boswell, Senior Analyst for South Sudan, International Crisis Group
Miklos Gosztonyi, Conflict Analyst, South Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council
Naomi Pendle, Research Fellow, Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics
Golda Abbé, Founding Member, Ghidam (Via Skype)
Chair: Teohna Williams, CEO, Business Plan for Peace

Invitation Only Research Event

Event participants

Miklos Gosztonyi, Conflict Analyst, South Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council
Matthew F. Pritchard, Research and Policy Specialist, McGill University
Joshua Craze, Writer and Researcher
Teohna Williams, CEO, Business Plan for Peace

9 July 2014

Nearly 4 million South Sudanese have been driven from their homes by violence or food insecurity since late 2013, roughly half seeking refuge in neighboring countries. Drought and conflict have converged in the young country to fuel one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies. This article examines refugee flows from South Sudan, underlying drivers, and regional and international responses to the crisis.

Women in camps worry they will find little aid if they become victims of physical or sexual violence.

Delays in forming state governments have contributed to the breakdown in rule of law.

Kenya has accused the UN of bowing to pressure from other countries by setting up an investigation that pins the blame for peacekeeping failures in South Sudan on the Kenyan force commander.

A Kenyan official says a South Sudanese rebel spokesperson has been deported to South Sudan over a Facebook posting, while colleagues fear for his life and human rights workers say he was a UN-registered refugee.

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Gross Fixed Capital Formation in South Sudan decreased to 1377.70 Million SSP in 2016 from 1884.20 Million SSP in 2015. Gross Fixed Capital Formation in South Sudan averaged 2852.02 Million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 4811.30 Million SSP in 2008 and a record low of 1377.70 Million SSP in 2016. This page provides - South Sudan Gross Fixed Capital Formation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Government Spending in South Sudan increased to 8381.30 Million SSP in 2016 from 7741.90 Million SSP in 2015. Government Spending in South Sudan averaged 5558.97 Million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 8381.30 Million SSP in 2016 and a record low of 4331.50 Million SSP in 2012. Government Spending refers to public expenditure on goods and services and is a major component of the GDP. Government spending policies like setting up budget targets, adjusting taxation, increasing public expenditure and public works are very effective tools in influencing economic growth. This page provides - South Sudan Government Spending - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Imports in South Sudan decreased to 8329.70 million SSP in 2016 from 8755.10 million SSP in 2015. Imports in South Sudan averaged 9450.12 million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 11468.40 million SSP in 2010 and a record low of 7176.90 million SSP in 2012. South Sudan main imports are: foodstuffs, clothing and capital equipment. Main import partner is Sudan. This page provides - South Sudan Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Exports in South Sudan decreased to 6278.70 million SSP in 2016 from 7466.50 million SSP in 2015. Exports in South Sudan averaged 10331.50 million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 17041.20 million SSP in 2009 and a record low of 1333.80 million SSP in 2012. South Sudan has one of the largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa and has virtually no commercial agriculture or production industry. Therefore, South Sudan exports almost exclusively oil. This page provides - South Sudan Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The stocks of goods held by firms in South Sudan increased by 7.90 Million SSP in 2016. Changes In Inventories in South Sudan averaged 13.60 Million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 58 Million SSP in 2014 and a record low of 5.60 Million SSP in 2011. This page provides - South Sudan Changes In Inventories - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

GDP Constant Prices in South Sudan increased to 22921.10 Million SSP in 2016 from 22848.20 Million SSP in 2015. GDP Constant Prices in South Sudan averaged 23249.97 Million SSP from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 28183.80 Million SSP in 2011 and a record low of 13662.50 Million SSP in 2012. This page provides - South Sudan GDP Constant Prices - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

South Sudan recorded a trade deficit of 2050.40 SSP Million in 2016. Balance of Trade in South Sudan averaged 881.44 SSP Million from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 6981 SSP Million in 2009 and a record low of -5843.10 SSP Million in 2012. South Sudan has recorded trade surpluses ever since its informal independence. This is due to exports of oil and still small import demand. Main trading partner is Sudan. This page provides - South Sudan Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Military Expenditure in South Sudan decreased to 36 USD Million in 2018 from 72 USD Million in 2017. Military Expenditure in South Sudan averaged 519 USD Million from 2006 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 866 USD Million in 2011 and a record low of 36 USD Million in 2018.

Terrorism Index in South Sudan decreased to 6.32 in 2018 from 6.76 in 2017. Terrorism Index in South Sudan averaged 5.33 from 2011 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6.82 in 2016 and a record low of 0 in 2011. The Global Terrorism Index measures the direct and indirect impact of terrorism, including its effects on lives lost, injuries, property damage and the psychological aftereffects. It is a composite score that ranks countries according to the impact of terrorism from 0 (no impact) to 10 (highest impact). This page provides - South Sudan Terrorism Index- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in South Sudan was last recorded at 691.70 US dollars in 2016. The GDP per Capita in South Sudan is equivalent to 5 percent of the world's average. GDP per capita in South Sudan averaged 1165.88 USD from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 1654.10 USD in 2010 and a record low of 691.70 USD in 2016. The GDP per capita is obtained by dividing the country’s gross domestic product, adjusted by inflation, by the total population. This page provides - South Sudan GDP per capita - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

South Sudan scored 12 points out of 100 on the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Index in South Sudan averaged 13.14 Points from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 15 Points in 2014 and a record low of 11 Points in 2016. The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). This page provides the latest reported value for - South Sudan Corruption Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

South Sudan is the 179 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Rank in South Sudan averaged 174 from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 179 in 2017 and a record low of 163 in 2015. The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories in the index. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Sudan Corruption Rank - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Unemployment Rate in South Sudan remained unchanged at 12.70 percent in 2019 from 12.70 percent in 2018. Unemployment Rate in South Sudan averaged 13.05 percent from 1991 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 13.70 percent in 1999 and a record low of 12.10 percent in 2008. In South Sudan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - South Sudan Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The total population in South Sudan was estimated at 11.1 million people in 2019, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. Looking back, in the year of 1960, South Sudan had a population of 2.8 million people. The population of South Sudan represents 0.15 percent of the world´s total population which arguably means that one person in every 676 people on the planet is a resident of South Sudan. This page provides - South Sudan Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South Sudan was worth 1 billion US dollars in 2019, according to official data from the World Bank and projections from Trading Economics. The GDP value of South Sudan represents 0 percent of the world economy. GDP in South Sudan averaged 11.47 USD Billion from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 17.83 USD Billion in 2011 and a record low of 1 USD Billion in 2019. The gross domestic product (GDP) measures of national income and output for a given country's economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) is equal to the total expenditures for all final goods and services produced within the country in a stipulated period of time. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Sudan GDP - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The Consumer Price Index in South Sudan increased 2.11 percent in January of 2020 over the previous month. Inflation Rate Mom in South Sudan averaged 4.13 percent from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 83.06 percent in July of 2016 and a record low of -33.20 percent in November of 2019. Inflation Rate MoM measures month over month change in the price of goods and services. This page provides - South Sudan Inflation Rate MoM- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in South Sudan decreased 27.80 percent in January of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in South Sudan averaged 91.52 percent from 2008 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1002.20 percent in October of 2016 and a record low of -27.80 percent in January of 2020. This page provides - South Sudan Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The inflation rate in South Sudan was recorded at 36.40 percent in January of 2020. Inflation Rate in South Sudan averaged 79.96 percent from 2008 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 549.40 percent in September of 2016 and a record low of -13.97 percent in November of 2013. In South Sudan, the inflation rate measures a broad rise or fall in prices that consumers pay for a standard basket of goods. This page provides - South Sudan Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Consumer Price Index Cpi in South Sudan decreased to 9455.56 points in February from 10881.37 points in January of 2020. Consumer Price Index Cpi in South Sudan averaged 1962.80 points from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 15832.58 points in October of 2019 and a record low of 53.49 points in April of 2007. This page provides - South Sudan Consumer Price Index Cpi- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in South Sudan decreased to 5309.21 points in February of 2020 from 5521.16 points in January of 2020. CPI Transportation in South Sudan averaged 1216.23 points from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 7930.34 points in October of 2019 and a record low of 42.05 points in August of 2007. This page provides - South Sudan Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cpi Housing Utilities in South Sudan decreased to 7215.01 points in February from 12115.63 points in January of 2020. Cpi Housing Utilities in South Sudan averaged 1949.17 points from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 20300.65 points in October of 2019 and a record low of 65.75 points in April of 2007. This page provides - South Sudan Cpi Housing Utilities- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Core Consumer Prices in South Sudan decreased to 5474.55 points in February from 6491 points in January of 2020. Core Consumer Prices in South Sudan averaged 2200.24 points from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 19428.42 points in October of 2019 and a record low of 75.09 points in April of 2007. This page provides - South Sudan Core Consumer Prices- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of South Sudan thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for South Sudan as reported by major credit rating agencies.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South Sudan expanded 5.80 percent in 2019 from the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in South Sudan averaged -2.23 percent from 2009 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 15.90 percent in 2014 and a record low of -46.10 percent in 2012. South Sudan, officially recognised as a country in July 2011, is the youngest nation in the world. Despite taking over about 75 percent of old Sudan’s oil reserves, it is one of the poorest regions in Africa and government revenues are still dependent on foreign aid. A majority of population relies on subsistence agriculture. Lack of basic infrastructure such as paved roads, electricity and water supply is a major setback to the country’s development. After an unusually peaceful independence process, the relationship with Sudan has been tense. Pending agreements on border lines, oil revenue share, ethnic rivalries and weak government influence may hamper South Sudan’s future. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Sudan GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cash Reserve Ratio in South Sudan decreased to 18 percent in April from 20 percent in March of 2020. Cash Reserve Ratio in South Sudan averaged 19 percent from 2020 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 20 percent in March of 2020 and a record low of 18 percent in April of 2020. This page provides - South Sudan Cash Reserve Ratio- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in South Sudan was last recorded at 1678 US dollars in 2016, when adjusted by purchasing power parity (PPP). The GDP per Capita, in South Sudan, when adjusted by Purchasing Power Parity is equivalent to 9 percent of the world's average. GDP per capita PPP in South Sudan averaged 2828.33 USD from 2008 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 4012.70 USD in 2010 and a record low of 1678 USD in 2016. The GDP per capita PPP is obtained by dividing the country’s gross domestic product, adjusted by purchasing power parity, by the total population. This page provides - South Sudan GDP per capita PPP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.