South Africa vs South Sudan: Economic Indicators Comparison

South Africa with a GDP of $368.3B ranked the 35th largest economy in the world, while South Sudan ranked 138th with $12B. By GDP per capita, South Africa and South Sudan ranked 95th vs 168th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	South Africa	South Sudan
GDP	$368.3B	$12B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	-10.79%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.1%	N/A
Population	57.7M	12.6M
GDP per capita	$6.4k	$1.1k
GDP per capita growth	-0.57%	-12.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	6.16	2.03
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.47	0.69
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$14k	$1.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$332.3B	$12.2B
GNI per capita	$5.8k	$1.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$765.8B	$18.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	$1.7k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	South Africa	South Sudan
Income Tax Rate	45%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	28%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.6%	187.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	3.9%	17.7%
Unemployment	27%	12.1%
Economic Freedom Index	58.8	41
Personal Freedom Index	6.92	3.7
Human Freedom Index	6.78	3.6
Property Rights Index	58.4	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	38	N/A
Business Freedom Index	62	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	64	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	58.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	45	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	75.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	75.9	N/A
Government Spending Index	67.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	63.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	46.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	43	13
Life expectancy at birth, years	63.5	57.4
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	11.6	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25.9	29.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	35.9	13.9
International tourism, number of arrivals	10.5M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	South Africa	South Sudan
Central government debt, % of GDP	56.7%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	50.6%	N/A
External debt stocks	$179.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	70.9%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	19.9%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.9%	9.8%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	17.9%	5.8%
Total reserves including gold	$51.6B	$68.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$5.5B	$60.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	South Africa	South Sudan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.9%	36.7%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.6%	28.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$13.4B	-$315.6M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	30.9%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$817.9M	$1.5B
Personal remittances received	$929M	$1.3B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.9%	33.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	10.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$1.8B	$830k
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$120.7M	$24.4M
Expense, % of GDP	34.4%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	33%	N/A