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South Sudan / Economy / Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate in South Sudan

% · 2023 · from World Bank World Development Indicators, via economicdata.dev

12.4%in 2023

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Unemployment rate, South Sudan and the worldSouth Sudan was at 12.4% in 2023, above the world's 4.8%; in 1991 it was 12.3%.
4.06.08.010.012.014.016.019952000200520102015202020252023: 12.4%
Indicator: Unemployment rate, %, yearly (modelled ILO estimate); WDI SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS via economicdata.devSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), via economicdata.dev world-macro, version 2026-10-26.4c468380bf
Show the numbers (35 rows)
YearSouth SudanWorld
20254.8%
20244.8%
202312.4%4.8%
202212.5%5.2%
202113.9%6.0%
202014.2%6.6%
201912.7%5.6%
201812.9%5.8%
201713.0%5.9%
201612.9%6.0%
201512.5%6.0%
201412.6%6.0%
201312.7%6.1%
201212.8%6.2%
201112.6%6.1%
201012.5%6.3%
200912.4%6.4%
200812.3%5.8%
200712.3%5.8%
200612.3%6.0%
200512.3%6.2%
200412.3%6.3%
200312.2%6.5%
200212.2%6.4%
200112.3%6.2%
200012.3%6.1%
199912.1%6.3%
199812.1%6.2%
199712.1%6.0%
199612.3%6.0%
199512.3%5.9%
199412.3%5.8%
199312.2%5.5%
199212.4%5.3%
199112.3%5.1%
Where South Sudan sits among countries, 2023South Sudan's 12.4% is higher than 160 of the other 182 countries with a 2023 figure; the world as a whole was at 4.8%.
World 4.8%South Sudan 12.4%0.1%34.6%log scale

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Every country, 2023 (183)
  1. Eswatini 34.6%
  2. South Africa 32.1%
  3. Djibouti 26.1%
  4. Botswana 23.4%
  5. Gabon 20.2%
  6. Congo - Brazzaville 19.9%
  7. Namibia 19.2%
  8. Somalia 19.0%
  9. Libya 18.7%
  10. St. Vincent & Grenadines 18.3%
  11. Yemen 16.9%
  12. Jordan 16.6%
  13. Lesotho 16.3%
  14. Iraq 15.2%
  15. Tunisia 15.1%
  16. Haiti 14.5%
  17. Angola 14.1%
  18. Afghanistan 14.0%
  19. Syria 13.3%
  20. North Macedonia 13.2%
  21. Montenegro 13.1%
  22. Armenia 12.4%
  23. South Sudan 12.4%
  24. Rwanda 12.4%
  25. Spain 12.2%
  26. St. Lucia 12.1%
  27. Guyana 11.9%
  28. Cape Verde 11.9%
  29. Algeria 11.6%
  30. French Polynesia 11.6%
  31. Georgia 11.5%
  32. U.S. Virgin Islands 11.4%
  33. Greece 11.0%
  34. Lebanon 11.0%
  35. New Caledonia 10.9%
  36. Albania 10.7%
  37. Bosnia & Herzegovina 10.7%
  38. Nepal 10.4%
  39. Mauritania 10.4%
  40. Colombia 9.6%
  41. Türkiye 9.4%
  42. Zimbabwe 9.3%
  43. São Tomé & Príncipe 9.0%
  44. Chile 9.0%
  45. Morocco 8.9%
  46. Bahamas 8.6%
  47. Uruguay 8.4%
  48. Costa Rica 8.3%
  49. Belize 8.3%
  50. Serbia 8.3%
  51. Equatorial Guinea 8.2%
  52. Iran 8.1%
  53. Brazil 7.9%
  54. Suriname 7.7%
  55. Italy 7.6%
  56. Sweden 7.6%
  57. France 7.3%
  58. Finland 7.1%
  59. Tajikistan 7.0%
  60. Lithuania 6.8%
  61. Egypt 6.8%
  62. Mozambique 6.7%
  63. Panama 6.5%
  64. Barbados 6.5%
  65. Portugal 6.5%
  66. Gambia 6.5%
  67. Latvia 6.5%
  68. Estonia 6.4%
  69. Central African Republic 6.2%
  70. Argentina 6.1%
  71. Croatia 6.1%
  72. Honduras 6.1%
  73. Eritrea 5.9%
  74. Zambia 5.9%
  75. Slovakia 5.8%
  76. Cyprus 5.8%
  77. Paraguay 5.8%
  78. Puerto Rico 5.7%
  79. Azerbaijan 5.6%
  80. Romania 5.6%
  81. Mauritius 5.6%
  82. Dominican Republic 5.6%
  83. Belgium 5.5%
  84. Canada 5.4%
  85. Kenya 5.4%
  86. Venezuela 5.4%
  87. Fiji 5.3%
  88. Brunei 5.3%
  89. Austria 5.3%
  90. Guam 5.3%
  91. Pakistan 5.2%
  92. Luxembourg 5.2%
  93. Mongolia 5.2%
  94. Guinea 5.1%
  95. Denmark 5.1%
  96. Vanuatu 5.0%
  97. Malawi 5.0%
  98. Samoa 4.9%
  99. Peru 4.9%
  100. Kazakhstan 4.8%
  101. Nicaragua 4.7%
  102. China 4.7%
  103. Sri Lanka 4.5%
  104. Congo - Kinshasa 4.5%
  105. Uzbekistan 4.4%
  106. Bulgaria 4.3%
  107. Ireland 4.2%
  108. India 4.2%
  109. Hungary 4.1%
  110. Switzerland 4.0%
  111. United Kingdom 4.0%
  112. Maldives 4.0%
  113. Saudi Arabia 4.0%
  114. Turkmenistan 4.0%
  115. Malaysia 3.9%
  116. Comoros 3.8%
  117. New Zealand 3.7%
  118. Australia 3.7%
  119. Slovenia 3.7%
  120. United States 3.6%
  121. Cameroon 3.6%
  122. Burkina Faso 3.6%
  123. Norway 3.6%
  124. Netherlands 3.5%
  125. Iceland 3.5%
  126. Ecuador 3.5%
  127. Kyrgyzstan 3.5%
  128. Malta 3.5%
  129. North Korea 3.5%
  130. Belarus 3.5%
  131. Singapore 3.4%
  132. Ethiopia 3.4%
  133. Israel 3.4%
  134. Trinidad & Tobago 3.4%
  135. Bangladesh 3.4%
  136. Indonesia 3.3%
  137. Oman 3.2%
  138. Bhutan 3.1%
  139. Sierra Leone 3.1%
  140. Russia 3.1%
  141. Nigeria 3.1%
  142. Germany 3.1%
  143. Madagascar 3.0%
  144. Bolivia 3.0%
  145. Jamaica 3.0%
  146. El Salvador 3.0%
  147. Myanmar (Burma) 3.0%
  148. Hong Kong SAR China 2.9%
  149. Mali 2.9%
  150. Liberia 2.9%
  151. Ghana 2.8%
  152. Senegal 2.8%
  153. Mexico 2.8%
  154. Uganda 2.8%
  155. Poland 2.7%
  156. South Korea 2.7%
  157. Papua New Guinea 2.6%
  158. Guinea-Bissau 2.6%
  159. Japan 2.6%
  160. Czechia 2.6%
  161. Guatemala 2.3%
  162. Côte d’Ivoire 2.3%
  163. Macao SAR China 2.2%
  164. Philippines 2.2%
  165. United Arab Emirates 2.2%
  166. Kuwait 2.1%
  167. Togo 1.9%
  168. Cuba 1.7%
  169. Tonga 1.7%
  170. Vietnam 1.6%
  171. Benin 1.6%
  172. Moldova 1.6%
  173. Tanzania 1.6%
  174. Timor-Leste 1.5%
  175. Solomon Islands 1.4%
  176. Laos 1.2%
  177. Chad 1.1%
  178. Bahrain 1.0%
  179. Burundi 0.9%
  180. Thailand 0.7%
  181. Niger 0.4%
  182. Cambodia 0.3%
  183. Qatar 0.1%
Indicator: Unemployment rate, %, 2023 (modelled ILO estimate); WDI SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS via economicdata.devSource: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), via economicdata.dev world-macro, version 2026-10-26.4c468380bf

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