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IndicatorSSDSouth SudanSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #136
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile6.1rank #202
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.04rank #147
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.03rank #156
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #132
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile9.1rank #203
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #136
Military spending% GDP2%rank #60
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.05rank #144
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile40.4rank #182
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile24.4rank #200
Rule of Law0-100 percentile23rank #205
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #148
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.13rank #142
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.06rank #137
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile23.7rank #199
Women in parliament% seats32.4%rank #57
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #129
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment63.8%rank #12
Agriculture value added% GDP10.4%rank #75
Current account balance% GDP7.9%rank #24
Employment-to-population ratio%64.3%rank #44
FDI net inflows% GDP0%rank #180
GDPcurrent US$12Brank #133
GDP growth%-10.8%rank #209
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,080.1rank #186
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $688.3rank #193
Gross capital formation% GDP5.8%rank #175
Gross savings% GDP6.2%rank #158
Industry value added% GDP33.1%rank #39
Inflation%91.4%rank #173
Labour force participation rate%73.4%rank #23
Personal remittances received% GDP9.5%rank #34
Trade openness% GDP65.6%rank #116
Unemployment% labor force12.4%rank #162
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%12.4%rank #162
Vulnerable employment% employment80.3%rank #173
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2418.5%rank #132
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2418.5%rank #132
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop39.7%rank #170
Basic sanitation access% pop14.4%rank #175
Child mortalityper 1009.7rank #152
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,391.1rank #165
DTP3 immunization coverage%73%rank #27
Health spending% GDP11.6%rank #11
Infant mortalityper 1k births71.9rank #149
Life expectancyyears57.7rank #214
Maternal mortalityper 100k692rank #114
Measles immunization% children72%rank #28
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%72%rank #28
Physiciansper 1k0.04rank #120
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m323.7rank #136
Road traffic deathsper 100k36.7rank #135
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7.9rank #97
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k320rank #133
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births96.7rank #192
Undernourishment% pop22.3%rank #65
Education
Adult literacy%26.8%rank #32
Education spending% GDP1.6%rank #157
Expected years of schoolingyears5.6rank #195
Mean years of schoolingyears5.7rank #161
Primary completion rate% relevant age28.7%rank #137
Primary enrollment% gross98.4%rank #75
Secondary enrollment% gross122.1%rank #8
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00029.2rank #34
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.8rank #32
Median age of populationyears18rank #197
Net migration rateper 1,00039.6rank #1
Populationpeople12.19Mrank #80
Population growth%2%rank #48
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years60.8rank #215
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands18,342rank #78
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age74.7rank #34
Urban population%21.7%rank #199
Climate
CO₂ emissionst1.7Mrank #159
CO₂ per capitat0.14rank #195
Electricity access% pop5.4%rank #81
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation1.8%rank #112
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita47.9rank #147
Forest area% land11.3%rank #157
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.9rank #115
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh642.9rank #161
Renewable electricity%1.8%rank #169
Renewable energy share%32.4%rank #70
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e68.2rank #115
Society
Asylum seekerspeople123,984rank #166
Extreme poverty% pop76.5%rank #51
Female labor participation%70.4%rank #17
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000rank #168
Gini indexindex44rank #60
Homicide rateper 100k14rank #124
Human Development Index0-10.39rank #159
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.23rank #145
Internally displaced personspeople1.28Mrank #25
Internet users% pop6.7%rank #187
Life satisfaction0-102.8rank #150
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.38rank #130
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.34rank #187
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.7rank #152
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.88rank #184
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.97rank #205
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people601,818rank #13
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people2.39Mrank #172
Youth NEET rate%34.1%rank #167
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year282rank #19
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths771rank #32
Hazard & exposure0-107.4rank #63
Human hazard & exposure0-109.2rank #69
INFORM risk score0-108.5rank #65
Lack of coping capacity0-109.2rank #71
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-108.9rank #69
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-109.5rank #67
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.8rank #25
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year661rank #34
Socio-economic vulnerability0-108.5rank #75
Vulnerability0-108.9rank #67
Vulnerable groups0-109.3rank #75
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