Egypt vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Egypt with a GDP of $250.9B ranked the 45th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Egypt and South Sudan ranked 139th vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Egypt	South Sudan
GDP	$250.9B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	5.3%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.2%	N/A
Population	94.8M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$2.5k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	3.19%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	3.63	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.21	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$275.4B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$2.8k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$1.2T	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$12k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Egypt	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	23%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	20.9%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	21.4%	17.7%
Unemployment	11.4%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	54	41
Personal Freedom Index	5.27	3.7
Human Freedom Index	5.82	3.6
Property Rights Index	48.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	51.2	N/A
Business Freedom Index	62	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	2.8	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	51.5	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	70.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	61.3	N/A
Government Spending Index	69.9	N/A
Tax Burden Index	86.1	N/A
Government Integrity Index	34	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	71.7	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	9.7	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.5	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	11.2M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Egypt	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	92.6%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	40.4%	N/A
External debt stocks	$98.7B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	24.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	15%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	1.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	13.9%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	16.7%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$41.8B	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$6.8B	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Egypt	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	18.9%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.4%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$6.3B	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	21%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$345.4M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$25.5B	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.1%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	11.2%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$298M	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$122M	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	30.2%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	31.7%	N/A