South Sudan

South Sudan recorded real growth of +41.4% in 2025, alongside inflation of 97.6%. US$ GDP rose 20.0% to US$5.5 billion, and the gap between the two growth figures was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. The economy climbed 2 places to 160th, between Fiji and Liberia.

Even so, the dollar economy remains far below its 2013 peak of US$18.4 billion. With 12.2 million people, GDP per capita of US$454 ranks 193rd of 196, and 194th on a PPP basis. Government gross debt stands at 64.2% of GDP.

The most recent sector data date from 2015, when services made up 56.6% of output, industry 33.1% and agriculture 10.4%, with manufacturing at 3.5%. The economy is now about the size of the Kokomo, IN metro area. The IMF projects GDP of US$8.8 billion by 2030, a +59% rise that would lift it to 154th.