Iraq vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Iraq with a GDP of $224.2B ranked the 50th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Iraq and South Sudan ranked 103rd vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Iraq	South Sudan
GDP	$224.2B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.6%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.1%	N/A
Population	38.3M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$5.8k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	-2.84%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	395.51	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.33	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$18k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$193.6B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$5k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$661.5B	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Iraq	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	15%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	15%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.4%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	15.4%	17.7%
Unemployment	7.9%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	21	41
Personal Freedom Index	3.21	3.7
Human Freedom Index	4.28	3.6
Property Rights Index	43.9	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	11.2	N/A
Business Freedom Index	52.6	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	76.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	44.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	N/A	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	N/A	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	N/A	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	76.4	N/A
Government Spending Index	59.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	N/A	N/A
Government Integrity Index	20.8	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	18	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	70.3	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	3	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	20.7	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.9	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	892k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Iraq	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	48.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-7%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	20.1%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	12.9%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$64.7B	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	-$4.9B	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Iraq	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	44%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	35.9%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$34.4B	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	26.3%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.7B	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$741.7M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	56.1%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$7.8M	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$100k	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	25.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	36.7%	N/A