Senegal vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Senegal with a GDP of $24.1B ranked the 111th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, Senegal and South Sudan ranked 160th vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Senegal	South Sudan
GDP	$24.1B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	6.2%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	6.5%	N/A
Population	15.9M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$1.5k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	3.84%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	223.6	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.4	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$22.4B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$58.2B	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Senegal	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	40%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.5%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.3%	17.7%
Unemployment	6.5%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	58	41
Personal Freedom Index	6.67	3.7
Human Freedom Index	6.29	3.6
Property Rights Index	52.4	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	39.8	N/A
Business Freedom Index	50.4	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	75.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	38.1	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	40	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	65.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	79.7	N/A
Government Spending Index	84.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	70.2	N/A
Government Integrity Index	40.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	45	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	67.4	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	6	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	23.4	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	7.4	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.4M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Senegal	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	64.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	52.4%	N/A
External debt stocks	$12.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	13.5%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	12.3%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	20.4%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	28.7%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	N/A	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$629.3M	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Senegal	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	21.9%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	36.1%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.5B	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	19.2%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$478.7M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$2.4B	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.8%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	16.6%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$8.1M	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$4.9M	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	18.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	22.8%	N/A