South Sudan, year by year

Every index this site holds for South Sudan, in time order: 10 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2010

0.406 → 0.381 (-0.025)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 13 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth54 → 57.7 (+3.8)

Urban population17 → 22 (+5)

Births per woman6.02 → 3.79 (-2.23)

Access to electricity1 → 5 (+5)

Infant mortality96 → 72 (-24)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 10 series · 23 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	28.6	—	7.38	—	—	157	—	—	—
1991	—	29.2	13	7.38	—	—	156	—	—	—
1992	—	21.9	14	7.37	—	—	166	—	—	—
1993	—	22.3	14	7.36	—	—	163	—	—	—
1994	—	44.9	14	7.35	—	—	139	—	—	—
1995	—	31.5	15	7.34	—	—	147	—	—	—
1996	—	32.1	15	7.32	—	—	144	—	—	—
1997	—	33.1	15	7.20	—	—	140	—	—	—
1998	—	19.1	16	7.08	—	—	239	—	—	—
1999	—	44.5	16	6.94	—	—	122	—	—	—
2000	—	47.6	16	6.80	—	—	118	—	—	—
2001	—	48.5	16	6.65	—	—	114	—	—	—
2002	—	49.4	16	6.52	—	—	109	—	—	—
2003	—	52.3	17	6.35	—	—	105	—	—	—
2004	—	53.0	17	6.19	—	—	100	—	—	—
2005	—	54.0	17	6.02	—	—	96	—	—	—
2006	—	54.6	17	5.85	—	—	92	—	—	—
2007	—	55.4	17	5.70	—	1	89	—	—	—
2008	—	56.3	17	5.57	—	1	85	—	1654	2887
2009	—	56.9	17	5.45	—	3	82	—	1323	2911
2010	0.406	57.5	18	5.32	—	2	78	—	1498	2948
2011	0.408	57.7	18	5.19	—	3	75	—	1449	2718
2012	0.377	58.2	18	5.06	31	3	73	11.3	1109	1417
2013	0.378	58.3	18	4.94	30	4	72	11.3	1650	1917
2014	0.376	45.6	19	4.82	29	4	118	11.3	1243	1373
2015	0.381	39.8	19	4.70	28	5	151	11.3	1080	1155
2016	0.376	36.7	19	4.58	29	5	170	11.3	—	—
2017	0.378	35.4	19	4.48	35	4	182	11.3	—	—
2018	0.380	51.9	20	4.37	32	6	93	11.3	—	—
2019	0.391	58.1	20	4.26	31	7	72	11.3	—	—
2020	0.386	57.6	20	4.16	33	7	72	11.3	—	—
2021	0.381	57.0	20	4.05	32	8	72	11.3	—	—
2022	0.381	57.2	21	3.96	—	8	72	11.3	—	—
2023	—	57.6	21	3.86	—	5	72	11.3	—	—
2024	—	57.7	21	3.79	—	5	72	—	—	—
2025	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	0.381	57.7	22	3.79	32	—	—	11.3	—	—

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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