Djibouti vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

South Sudan with a GDP of $12B ranked the 138th largest economy in the world, while Djibouti ranked 168th with $3B. By GDP per capita, South Sudan and Djibouti ranked 168th vs 136th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Djibouti	South Sudan
GDP	$3B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	6.7%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	6.5%	N/A
Population	957k	12.6M
GDP per capita	$3.1k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	3.83%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	94	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.53	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.8k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$3.1B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$3.2k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	N/A	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	N/A	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Djibouti	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	-0.1%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.3%	17.7%
Unemployment	11.1%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	52.9	41
Personal Freedom Index	3.9	3.7
Human Freedom Index	3.9	3.6
Property Rights Index	58.8	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	31.7	N/A
Business Freedom Index	62.3	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	10.9	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	60.6	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	80	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	49.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	76.5	N/A
Government Spending Index	53.6	N/A
Tax Burden Index	75.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	25.5	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	31	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	65.9	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	6.7	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.7	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	6.5	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	63k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Djibouti	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	67.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	157.6%	N/A
External debt stocks	$3.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	53.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	57.8%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-1.8%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	25.3%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	48.3%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$454.2M	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$265M	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Djibouti	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	148.8%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	178.9%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$293.6M	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$120.4M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$59M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	12.4%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	1.4%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	39.3%	N/A