Country profilesSouth Sudan
Republic of South Sudan
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Population
12.2million
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
GDP
$12billion
2015
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2015
GDP per person
$1,080
2015
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2015
GDP growth
-10.8%
2015
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2015
Inflation
91.4%
2024
World Bank, World Development Indicators · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2024
Trade
65.6%
2015 · of GDP
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2015
This country applies the East African Community common external tariff. Goods that qualify under the community rules of origin move between partners at the community rate. The rate on a product from outside the community is the tariff line, not a country average. East African Community, customs
The lookup opens the customs schedules the desk already carries. It is not a ruling.
A commercial invoice, a packing list, and a bill of lading or air waybill travel with goods entering South Sudan. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Add a certificate of origin only when the shipment claims a preferential rate. Without that claim, the most-favoured-nation line applies. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The customs declaration is filed with the customs authority of South Sudan, usually through a licensed broker and the national single window where one exists. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Exports from South Sudan carry a commercial invoice and a packing list, plus the transport document issued by the carrier. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The export declaration is filed before the goods leave. Permits for controlled goods, including food, minerals and dual-use items, sit with the sector regulator and are separate from this file. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Republic of South Sudan is the official name of South Sudan, in East Africa. The capital is Juba. The currency is the South Sudanese pound (SSP).
South Sudan is listed here in African Union and EAC. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.
South Sudan is landlocked. Seaborne cargo moves through Mombasa. Those are transit ports, not domestic seaports.
Population, output and inflation on this page are the latest World Bank values. Exports, imports and partners are UN Comtrade merchandise figures when the public preview published a row. The currency line uses the European Central Bank reference rate, or the official peg where the currency is fixed.
World Bank merchandise exports were $955 million in 2025. Merchandise imports were $1.3 billion in 2025. These are goods totals, not a forecast. The product and partner tables, when shown, are the UN Comtrade breakdown of the same trade.
The European Central Bank reference feed does not publish the South Sudanese pound. The currency line names the unit used on invoices. It is not a guessed exchange rate.
| World Bank, World Development Indicators |
| WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement |
Public figures are reproduced from the source named in the chapter. They can be revised. A profile is not a customs ruling, a legal opinion, or an offer.