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Key Indicators for South Sudan
Fast Facts • TotalPopulationofSouthSudanis8.26million
• TotalAreaofSouthSudanis644,329sq.km
• Morethanhalf(51%)ofthepopulationisbelowtheageofeighteen.72%ofthepopulationisbelowtheageofthirty
• 83%ofthepopulationisrural
• 27%oftheadultpopulationisliterate
• 51%ofthepopulationlivebelowthepov-ertyline
• 78%ofhouse-holdsdependoncropfarmingoranimalhusbandryastheirprimarysourceofliveli-hood
• 69%ofthepopulationhasaccesstoim-provedsourcesofdrinkingwater
National Bureau
of Statistics
IntroductionOn9thJuly2011theRepublicofSouthSudanbecametheworld’snewestcountrywhenitsecededfromSudanfollowinganhistoricreferendumonself-determinationthattookplaceinJanuary2011.
SouthSudanisborderedbySudantotheNorth,Ethiopiatotheeast,Kenya,Uganda,andtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongotothesouth,andtheCentralAfricanRepublictothewest.SouthSudanconsistsoftenstates.ItscapitalcityisJuba,inCentralEquatoriaState.
Inthekeytransitionalperiodfollowingindependence,itisvitaltoensurethatthelatestdataiswidelydisseminatedandputtothebestpossibleuse.ThisdocumentisintendedasaquickreferencetoavailablestatisticalinformationonSouthSudan.Additionalinformationonalltheincludedindicatorsaswellasothersareavailableonwww.ssnbs.orgoronrequestfromtheNBS.Wehopethatitwillserveitspurposeofbeinganintroductiontothemostup-to-datestatisticsavailableforgovernment,policymak-ers,theinternationalcommunityandallthosewhoareinterestedinSouthSudan.
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D.R.CKenya
Uganda
Chad
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Unity
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Western Equatoria
Eastern EquatoriaCentral Equatoria
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Sudan
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SOUTH SUDAN TOTAL POPULATION !\ State Capital
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Total Population
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Geographic Coordinate System:GCS_WGS_1984Datum: D_WGS_1984Data SourcesUniversity of Bern CDEStates and Counties NBS (version 2)5th Sudan Population and HouseholdCensus 2008Abyei boundary: Permanent court ofArbitration.The administrative boundaries and namesshown on this map do not imply acceptanceor recognition by the Government of TheRepublic of South Sudan. They are shownfor census and statistical purposes only.
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Unity
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Wau
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Torit
Aweil
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Rumbek
Kuajok
BentiuMalakal
SudanSOUTH SUDAN COUNTIES
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Geographic Coordinate System:GCS_WGS_1984Datum: D_WGS_1984Data SourcesStates and Counties NBS (version 2)5th Sudan Population and HouseholdCensus 2008Abyei boundary: Permanent court ofArbitration.The administrative boundaries and namesshown on this map do not imply acceptanceor recognition by the Government of TheRepublic of South Sudan. They are shownfor census and statistical purposes only.
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KeyIndicatorsforSouthSudan 3
National Bureau of StatisticsNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)istheofficialstatisticalagencyoftheGovernmentofSouthSudan.Itismandatedtocollect,analyseanddisseminateallofficialeco-nomic,socialanddemographicstatistics.
UndertheprovisionsoftheCPAandtheInterimConstitutionofSouthSudan,NBSwasassignedresponsibilityforconductingtheSouthSudansectionofthe5thSudanPopulationandHousingCensusin2008.Whilethe2008CensusremainsthelargestundertakingbytheNBS,ithascarriedoutotherlargenationallyrepresenta-tivesurveys,mostnotablythe2006and2010roundsoftheSudanHouseholdHealthSurvey(SHHS)andtheNationalBaselineHouseholdSurvey(NBHS),2009.
Population•ThepopulationofSouthSudanwas8.26millioninthe2008Census.Ofthis4.29millionaremale,and3.97millionarefemale.
•Thepopulationisaveryyoungone,with16%ofthepopulationundertheageof5,32%undertheageof10,51%undertheageof18and72%ofthepopulationundertheageof30.
•Thereisawidevariationinthepopula-tionbetweenstates,withJongleibeingthemostpopulousat1,358,602peopleand16%ofthetotalpopulation.TheleastpopulousisWesternBahrElGhazal,with333,431and4%ofthetotalpopulation.
•TheaveragenumberofmembersinaprivatehouseholdinSouthSudanis7.
•Thepopulationislargelyruralwith83%residinginruralareas.Thisvarieswidelybetweenstateswith92%ofthepopulationinNorthernBahrElGhazalclassifiedasrural,comparedto57%inWesternBahrElGhazal.
•ThepopulationdensityinSouthSudanis13/sq.km,whichislessthanonetenthofUganda,wherethedensityis136/sq.km.Source: 5th Population and Housing Census (2008)
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Jonglei
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Wau
Bor
Juba
Torit
Aweil
Yambio
Rumbek
Kuajok
BentiuMalakal
Sudan
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MAJOR RIVERS AND WATERBODIES
Geographic Coordinate System:GCS_WGS_1984Datum: D_WGS_1984Data SourcesUniversity of Bern CDEStates NBS (version 2)Rivers: FAO5th Sudan Population and HouseholdCensus 2008Abyei boundary: Permanent court ofArbitration.The administrative boundaries and namesshown on this map do not imply acceptanceor recognition by the Government of TheRepublic of South Sudan. They are shownfor census and statistical purposes only.
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Uganda
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Jonglei
Upper Nile
Lakes
Unity
WarrapWestern Bahr el Ghazal
Western Equatoria
Eastern EquatoriaCentral Equatoria
Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Wau
Bor
Juba
Torit
Aweil
Yambio
Rumbek
Kuajok
BentiuMalakal
Sudan
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SOUTH SUDAN ROAD NETWORK
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Abyei
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County Boundary
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RoadsCLASS
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Geographic Coordinate System:GCS_WGS_1984Datum: D_WGS_1984Data SourcesUniversity of Bern CDEStates NBS (version 2)Roads: UNJLC 5th Sudan Population and HouseholdCensus 2008Abyei boundary: Permanent court ofArbitration.The administrative boundaries and namesshown on this map do not imply acceptanceor recognition by the Government of TheRepublic of South Sudan. They are shownfor census and statistical purposes only.
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The Government•Centralgovernmentexpenditure(includingtransferstothestates)in2010was5.76billionSDG.Ofthis,2.21billionSDGwassalaries,2.28billionSDGwasoperatingcostsand1.09billionSDGwascapitalexpenditure.
GOSS revenue, by sources. 2010
* The 2011 Budget was constructed for January to December2011. A new financial year began on 9th July 2011, running to30th June 2012. Figures for 2011/12 are not yet available.
Source: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Oil revenues - 97.8 %
Personal Income Tax1.1 %
Customs, VAT and other National Revenue 0.5 %Other GOSS Revenue 0.7 %
GOSS Expenditure by Sector, 2010
* The 2011 Budget was constructed for January to December2011. A new financial year began on 9th July 2011, running to30th June 2012. Figures for 2011/12 are not yet available.
Source: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Block transfersto states 10 %
Humanitarianaffairs 1 %
Security28 %
Rule of law 12 %PublicAdministration 15 %
NaturalResources 3 %
Infra-structure11 %
Health 2 %Education 5 %
EconomicFunctions 3 %
Accountability 10 %
Donor and government expenditure by sector 20101 (USD)
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1 Government spending in SDG converted at the average official exchange rate prevailing in 2010Source: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
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Water, Health and Sanitation•69%ofthepopulationhasaccesstoimprovedsourcesofdrinkingwater.
•73%oftheurbanpopulationhasaccesstoimprovedsourcesofdrinkingwatercomparedwith67%oftheruralpopulation.
•52%ofhouseholdsownatleastonemosquitonetand34%ownatleastonelong-lastingtreatednet.
•7%ofhouseholdshaveaccesstoimprovedsanitation.
• Infantmortalityrateis75(per1,000livebirths).
•Under5mortalityrateis105(per1,000livebirths).
•6%ofchildrenaged12-23monthsarefullyimmunized.
•28%ofchildrenunder5aremoder-atelyorseverelyunderweight.Source: Sudan Household Health Survey II (2010)
•Maternalmortalityrateis2,052per1,000livebirthsSource: Sudan Household Health Survey (2006)
•47%ofthepopulationisfood-deprivedSource: National Baseline Household Survey (2009)
Household Characteristics•83%ofthepopulationliveintukuls.
•38%ofthepopulationhastowalkformorethan30minutesonewaytocol-lectdrinkingwater.
•50%ofthepopulationusefirewoodorgrassastheprimarysourceoflighting.27%havenolightingatall.
•96%ofthepopulationusesfirewoodorcharcoalastheprimaryfuelforcook-ing.
•15%ofhouseholdsownaphone.Thisincreasesto59%inurbanareascom-paredto8%inruralareas.Source: National Baseline Household Survey (2009)
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Nutritional status of children under age 5 by statePercent of population affected
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Sudan
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PRIMARY NET ENROLMENT RATE BY STATES
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Net Enrolment Rate
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46.7 - 54.9
Geographic Coordinate System:GCS_WGS_1984Datum: D_WGS_1984Data SourcesUniversity of Bern CDEStates NBS (version 2)EMIS-2010 5th Sudan Population and HouseholdCensus 2008Abyei boundary: Permanent court ofArbitration.The administrative boundaries and namesshown on this map do not imply acceptanceor recognition by the Government of TheRepublic of South Sudan. They are shownfor census and statistical purposes only.
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School Attendance by Age
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Education•27%ofthe15yearsandabovepopula-tionisliterate.Theliteracyrateformalesis40%comparedto16%forfemales.
•53%oftheurbanadultpopulationisliterate,comparedto22%oftheruraladultpopulation.
•40%ofthepopulationbetween15-24isliterate.Theliteracyrateformalesinthisagegroupis55%comparedto28%forfemales.Source: National Baseline Household Survey (2009)
•TheGrossEnrolmentRateforprimaryschoolin2009is72%.
•TheNetEnrolmentRate(NER)forpri-maryschoolin2009is48%.
•TheNERishighestinUpperNileat60%andlowestinEasternEquatoriaat37%.
•Thegrossintakeratewas66%com-paredtothenetintakerateof14.9%forPrimary1.Source: National Educational Statistical Booklet, EMIS, Ministry of Education (2009)
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• Only 37% of the popula-tion above the age of 6 has ever attended school.
• In 2009 there were 52 students per teacher.
• In 2009 there were 129 students per classroom.
Panyagoor Primary School.
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Poverty and Consumption•AveragepercapitaconsumptioninSouthSudanis100SudanesePounds(SDG)perpersonpermonth.
•Theaverageconsumptionofthepooris39SDGperpersonpermonthcomparedto163SDGperpersonpermonthforthenonpoor.
•Averageconsumptioninurbanareasis168SDGperpersonpermonthcom-paredto88SDGperpersonpermonthinruralareas.
•51%ofthepopulationisbelowthepovertyline.Thisvariesgreatlydepend-ingonplaceofresidence,with55%ofthepopulationinruralareasclassifiedaspoor,comparedto24%inurbanareas.
•NorthernBahrElGhazalhasthehighestrateofpovertyat76%,andUpperNilethelowest,at26%.
•TheGinicoefficientforSouthSudanis46.Source: Poverty in South Sudan: Estimates from NBHS (2010)
Poverty by State
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Economic and Business Activity•GrossDomesticProduct(GDP)ofSouthSudanwas30.5billionSDG(13.2bil-lionUSD)in2010.GDPpercapitawas3,564SDG(1,546USD).
•Valueofoilproductionwas21.7billionSDG,or71%ofGDPSource: NBS GDP estimates (2011)
•Cerealproductionin2011was563,000tonnes.Source: Crop and Food Security Assess-ment Mission Report (2012)
••4%ofthetotallandinSouthSudanisusedforagriculturalproductionSource: Land Use Cover Database (2011)
•78%ofhouseholdsdependoncropfarmingoranimalhusbandryastheirprimarysourceoflivelihood.
•1%ofhouseholdsinSouthSudanhaveabankaccount.
•18%ofhouseholdshaveborrowedmoneyfromsomesource.Source: National Baseline Household Survey (2009)
•53%oftheworkingpopulationinSouthSudanwereunpaidfamilywork-ers.12%werepaidemployees.Source: Census Long Form Questionnaire (2008)
•Thereareatotalof7,333formalbusinessesinthetenstatecapitalsofSouthSudan.84%ofthesebusinessesareshopsorrestaurants.Torithadtheleastwith259,andJubathemostwith2683.Source: Business Survey Listing (2010)
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Number of businesses by state capital
Source: Business Survey Listing, 2010.
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Design:HN•Photos:NBS/StatiscsNorway
List of Major Publications•SouthSudanHouseholdHealthSurveyReport(2006)•MonthlyCPIforJuba(2007-Present)•SouthSudanLivelihoodProfiles(2008)•CensusPriorityResults(2009)•SouthSudanStatisticalYearbook(2009,2010and2011)•PovertyinSouthSudan:EstimatesfromNBHS(2010)•SouthSudanCounts:Tablesfromthe5thPopulationandHousingCensus(2011)
•NationalBaselineHouseholdSurvey2009:ReportforSouthSudan(2012)
Reports can be downloaded from the NBS webpage
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)P.O.Box137Juba•Tel:0120731217
E-mail:contact.ssnbs@gmail.comorinfo@ssnbs.orgwww.ssnbs.org
June 2012
SSCCSE data collection.