South Sudan 2021

Year
2021
Population
10748272
Population, Rural
79.49
Population, Female
50.5
Working age population
52.44
Working age population, Male
2758369
Working age population, Female
2877967
Age dependency ratio
90.7
Employment in Agriculture
60.78
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
-4.9
GDP at current market prices
5935.13
Inflation rate
43.5
Growth in broad money supply
70.65
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.7
Access to electricity
7.7
Access to electricity, Urban
15.6
Access to electricity, Rural
5.7
ID Ownership
13.15905
ID Ownership, Urban
29.84888
ID Ownership, Rural
10.72438
Mobile phone ownership
23.21
ATMs per 100,000 adults
0.88
ATMs
52
Handset affordability
0
Has access to the Internet
5%
Mobile connectivity index
8.09
Network coverage
45.02
Mobile Data Affordability
0
Ownership of debit/credit card
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
2%
Borrowed any money
3%
Borrowed any money, Female
3%
Borrowed any money, Male
2%
Borrowed any money, Youth
3%
Borrowed any money, Rural
1%
Borrowed any money, Urban
12%
Saved any money
2%
Saved any money, Female
0%
Saved any money, Male
3%
Saved any money, Youth
2%
Saved any money, Rural
1%
Saved any money, Urban
5%
Mobile money prevalence
Very low
Mobile money account
0.85
Saved money using a mobile money account
0.73
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
0.2
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
1.33
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
0.81
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
0.45
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
2.44
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
4.81
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
3.21
Made or received a digital payment, Male
6.65
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
5.26
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
3.3
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
13.98
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
0.63
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
0.63
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
0
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
1.35
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
0
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
0.46
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
1.66
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
1.59
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
1.32
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
1.89
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
2.92
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
0.91
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
5.69
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
5.69
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.73
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
5.63
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
89.2
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
0.51
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
30.65
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
28.6
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
45.18
Mobile money regulatory index
86.65
Digital ID
No
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
No
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
323 742 465 131
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
22 571
Population ages 15 and above, female
3 055 957
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 886 363
Population ages 15 and above, total
5 942 320
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2282404
Population, male
5 320 584
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2345385
Population, youth (15-24)
2176125
Urban population
2 204 901