Somalia vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

South Sudan with a GDP of $12B ranked the 138th largest economy in the world, while Somalia ranked 159th with $4.7B. By GDP per capita, South Sudan and Somalia ranked 168th vs 196th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Somalia	South Sudan
GDP	$4.7B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.1%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.9%	N/A
Population	11M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$315	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	-2.74%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	11427.68	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	N/A	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$500	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$959.2M	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$130	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	N/A	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	N/A	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Somalia	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	N/A	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	N/A	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	1.5%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	215.5%	17.7%
Unemployment	14%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	29	41
Personal Freedom Index	3.6	3.7
Human Freedom Index	3.4	3.6
Property Rights Index	20.1	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	26.5	N/A
Business Freedom Index	31.6	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	N/A	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	N/A	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	N/A	N/A
Government Spending Index	N/A	N/A
Tax Burden Index	N/A	N/A
Government Integrity Index	13.1	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	10	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	56.7	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.7	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	27.1	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	4.3	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	N/A	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Somalia	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	39.4%	N/A
External debt stocks	$2.9B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	847.9%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	47.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	N/A	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	15.5%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$23.1M	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$409M	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Somalia	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	25.9%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	99.6%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	N/A	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	0%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.5B	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$21.7M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	9.5%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	62.7%	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	0%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	N/A	N/A