International Rankings of South Sudan 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of South Sudan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of South Sudan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	N/A	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	200	2019
Internet users - percent of population	111	7.9 %	2021
Internet users - total	149	869000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2018
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	204	N/A	2018
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	106	30	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	138	3.300 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	154	1.938 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	149	1.940 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	42	1.3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	80	6.550 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	2023
Exports	134	4.652 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	177	3.060 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	37	64.9 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	68	17.1 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	177	34.9 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	37	27.2 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	132	10.4 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	151	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	178	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	26	44.1 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2023
Imports	152	4.037 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	2023
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	23	10.52 %	2021
Labor force	96	4.278 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	2	76.4 %	2016
Public debt	70	62.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	152	20.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	192	5.2 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	170	1600 US Dollars	2017
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	185	183.615 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	192	8.5 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	41	13.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	77	20.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	63	21	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	156	1.778 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	169	531.660 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	179	121000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	175	26.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	5	99.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	61	0.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	184	2.404 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	32	126500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	90	N/A bbl/day	2023
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	151	12900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	38	157100 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	158	7160 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	146	1.73 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	104	7.61 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	25	41.12 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4.4	2018
Land use - forest	142	11.3	2018
Land use - other	54	43.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	32	40.7	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	25	2.65 % of GDP	2015
Total renewable water resources	95	49.500 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	111	240.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	74	230.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	95	190.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	15	4.12	2025
Urbanization - urban population	173	21.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	249	N/A sq km	0
Area - total	47	644329 sq km	0
Area - water	217	44 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	50	3187 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	11	381 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	93	1000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	24	6018 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4.4	2018
Land use - forest	142	11.3	2018
Land use - other	54	43.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	87	N/A	2023
Land use - permanent pasture	32	40.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	27	2.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	9	37.07 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	64	5.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	9	72 %	2023
Death rate	49	9.22 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	134	6.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23	18.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	24	80.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	24	74.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	56	88.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	36	24.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	21	21.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	9	11.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	68	1.5 % of GDP	2016
Gross reproduction rate	9	2.54 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	9	55.55 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	8	67.41 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	8	61.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	199	61.57 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	204	57.94 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	199	59.71 years	0
Literacy - female	117	28.9 %	2018
Literacy - male	98	40.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	108	34.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	1	1223 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	159	18.3 years	2020
Median age - male	140	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	144	18.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	2	19.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	6.6 %	2014
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	81	12.118 million	2023
Population growth rate	2	4.78 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	84	60.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	8	84.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	5	75.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	11	39.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	3	1.25 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	9	5.2 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	15	4.12	2025
Urbanization - urban population	173	21.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	77	20.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	63	21	0
Transportation
Airports	58	89	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	37	841000	3280
Heliports	23	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	0	0
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	2	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	146	300 km	2019
Roadways - total	49	90200 km	2019
Waterways	109	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding South Sudan on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Sudan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Sudan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.