Labor force | 4.471 million (2023 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | -36.78% (2015 est.) |
Industries | |
Population below poverty line | 82.3% (2016 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 8.5% (of GDP) (FY2017/18 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | South Sudanese pounds (SSP) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2022 | 534.511 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 306.355 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 165.907 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 157.999 (2019 est.) |
Exchange rates 2018 | 141.386 (2018 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020 | $183.615 million (2020 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019 | $378.282 million (2019 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018 | $36.396 million (2018 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2022 | -$596.748 million (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | -$6.55 million (2021 est.) |
Current account balance 2020 | -$1.718 billion (2020 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2017 | 62.7% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $1.94 billion (2019 est.) |
Expenditures | $1.938 billion (2019 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2015 | 9.49% of GDP (2015 est.) |
Remittances 2014 | 0.01% of GDP (2014 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 1.7% (2016 est.) |
Highest 10% | 33.1% (2016 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2022 | $6.402 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $4.037 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $4.245 billion (2020 est.) |
Imports (partners) | UAE 39%, Kenya 18%, China 17%, US 4%, India 3% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | garments, cars, trucks, packaged medicine, malt extract (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2022 | $6.402 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $4.037 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $4.245 billion (2020 est.) |
Exports (partners) | China 44%, Italy 26%, Singapore 12%, Japan 9%, UAE 8% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | crude petroleum, refined petroleum, gold, forage crops, barley (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017 | $20.01 billion (2017 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016 | $21.1 billion (2016 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015 | $24.52 billion (2015 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $11.998 billion (2015 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2017 | $1,600 (2017 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2016 | $1,700 (2016 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2015 | $2,100 (2015 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 10.4% (2015 est.) |
Industry | 33.1% (2015 est.) |
Services | 56.6% (2015 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Investment in fixed capital | 5.8% (2015 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 36.7% (2015 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -28.9% (2015 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2023 | 12.27% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 12.4% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 13.87% (2021 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 18.3% (2023 est.) |
Male | 19.4% (2023 est.) |
Female | 17.2% (2023 est.) |
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