Saudi Arabia vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Saudi Arabia with a GDP of $786.5B ranked the 18th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia and South Sudan ranked 41st vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan
GDP	$786.5B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	2.2%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.2%	N/A
Population	33M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$23k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	0.61%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.58	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.42	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$56k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$727.8B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$22k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$1.9T	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$56k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	2.5%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	2.5%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.5%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	11.5%	17.7%
Unemployment	5.9%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	62.4	41
Personal Freedom Index	4.65	3.7
Human Freedom Index	5.66	3.6
Property Rights Index	64.6	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	72.3	N/A
Business Freedom Index	66.6	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	19.3	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	63.3	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	45	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	75.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	81	N/A
Government Spending Index	61.8	N/A
Tax Burden Index	99.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	49.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	49	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.9	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	3.2	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	28.8	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.3	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	15.3M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	19.1%	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	13.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	33.2%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	24.2%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$509.5B	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$4.2B	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Saudi Arabia	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	39.9%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	26.7%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$70.6B	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	26.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$290k	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$334.9M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	49.5%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	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	28%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	35.7%	N/A