International Rankings of South Sudan 2024, 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 - total	198	200	2019
Internet users - percent of population	111	7.90 %	2021
Internet users - total	149	869000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	103	30.00	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	139	3.276 million	2022
Economy
Budget - expenditures	154	1.938 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	149	1.940 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	42	1.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	81	6.550 million US Dollars	2021
Exchange rates	34	306.36	N/A
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	64.90 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	68	17.10 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	177	34.90 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	37	27.20 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	132	10.40 % of GDP	2011
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	26	44 %	2016
Imports	153	4.037 billion US Dollars	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	23	10.52 %	2021
Labor force	96	4.278 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	2	76 %	2016
Public debt	73	62.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	152	20.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	192	5.20 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	166	1600 US Dollars	2017
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	185	183.615 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	192	8.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	41	13.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	77	20.20 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	63	21.00 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	156	1.778 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	161	1.778 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	169	531.660 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	179	121000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	175	26.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	77	6	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	82	8	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	66	16	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	16	10.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	5	99.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	61	0.80 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	184	2.404 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	32	126500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	151	12900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	38	157100 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	158	7160 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	146	2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	104	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	80	20 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4	2018
Land use - forest	142	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	41	2018
Revenue from forest resources	25	3 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	173	21	2023
Geography
Area - total	46	644329 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	46	3187 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	11	381 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	93	1000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	24	6018 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	72	45	2018
Land use - arable land	125	4	2018
Land use - forest	142	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	41	2018
Military
Military expenditures	24	3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Birth rate	9	37.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	64	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	9	72 %	2023
Death rate	35	9.20 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	134	6.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23	18.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	24	80.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	24	74.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	56	89 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	36	24 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	21	22 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	9	11 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	68	2 % of GDP	2016
Gross reproduction rate	9	2.54 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	9	55.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	8	67.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	8	61.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	142	62 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	143	58 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	142	60 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	117	29 %	2018
Literacy - male	98	40 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	108	35 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	1	1223.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	163	19 years	N/A
Median age - male	154	19 years	N/A
Median age - total	148	19 years	2023
Net migration rate	3	20.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	6.60 %	2014
Population	80	12.118 million	2023
Population growth rate	2	4.78 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	84	61 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	8	85 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	5	75 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	11	39 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	19	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	3	1.25 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	9	5.20 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	15	4.12	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	173	21	2023
Transportation
Airports	63	82	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	2.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	114	300 km	N/A
Roadways - total	35	90200 km	N/A

*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.

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