Eritrea vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

South Sudan with a GDP of $12B ranked the 138th largest economy in the world, while Eritrea ranked 170th with $2.6B. By GDP per capita, South Sudan and Eritrea ranked 168th vs 178th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Eritrea	South Sudan
GDP	$2.6B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	4.2%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.3%	N/A
Population	3.5M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$811	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	7.21%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5.93	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.39	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$1.7k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.3B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$720	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$6.7B	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$2.1k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Eritrea	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	9%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	13.3%	17.7%
Unemployment	6.5%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	38.5	41
Personal Freedom Index	4.8	3.7
Human Freedom Index	4.8	3.6
Property Rights Index	32.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	14.3	N/A
Business Freedom Index	18.2	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	0	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	69.7	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	0	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	20	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	69.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	61	N/A
Government Spending Index	74.7	N/A
Tax Burden Index	81.4	N/A
Government Integrity Index	21.4	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	24	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	65.5	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.9	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25.3	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	8	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	142k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Eritrea	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	129.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	40.8%	N/A
External debt stocks	$791.2M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	16%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	4.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.5%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	15.8%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	10%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$114.8M	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$61M	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Eritrea	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	14.4%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	23.2%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$104.7M	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$82M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$3.3M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	21.8%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	14.1%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$281k	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$94k	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29.1%	N/A