Climate | We have hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall heaviest in upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north |
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Revenue from forest resources | 2.65% of GDP (2015 est.) |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,680,681 tons (2013 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 49.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 190 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 230 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 240 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 20.18 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 1.73 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 7.61 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 45% (2018) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 4.4% (2018) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 40.7% (2018) |
Forest | 11.3% (2018) |
Other | 43.5% (2018) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 21.2% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 4.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 459,000 JUBA (capital) (2023). |
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