South Sudan - GDP Growth 2018
-2.15%
+3.65pp from 2017
South Sudan's gdp growth was -2.15% in 2018, increased +3.65pp from -5.79% in 2017. This was the 203rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | 13.03% | 230.1% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 8.78% | 8.7% |
| 3rd | Maldives | 8.57% | 21.5% |
| 4th | Rwanda | 8.52% | 116.6% |
| 5th | Libya | 7.94% | -75.6% |
| 6th | Mongolia | 7.74% | 37.4% |
| 7th | Ireland | 7.69% | -23.9% |
| 8th | Nepal | 7.62% | -15.1% |
| 9th | Tajikistan | 7.60% | 7.0% |
| 10th | Viet Nam | 7.47% | 7.6% |
| 11th | Bangladesh | 7.32% | 11.1% |
| 12th | Gambia, The | 7.23% | 50.0% |
| 13th | Niger | 7.21% | 44.2% |
| 14th | Malta | 7.19% | -44.6% |
| 15th | Dominican Republic | 7.10% | 80.4% |
| 16th | China | 6.76% | -1.9% |
| 17th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.75% | -90.9% |
| 18th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.71% | 147.4% |
| 19th | Benin | 6.70% | 19.0% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 6.60% | 6.5% |
| 21st | India | 6.45% | -5.0% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 6.36% | -35.5% |
| 23rd | Guinea | 6.36% | -38.3% |
| 24th | Philippines | 6.34% | -8.5% |
| 25th | Uganda | 6.30% | -7.2% |
| 26th | Cyprus | 6.27% | 9.1% |
| 27th | Myanmar | 6.27% | 2.2% |
| 28th | Lao PDR | 6.25% | -9.3% |
| 29th | Poland | 6.25% | 21.2% |
| 30th | Senegal | 6.21% | -16.2% |
| 31st | Ghana | 6.20% | -23.7% |
| 32nd | Turkmenistan | 6.20% | 42.4% |
| 33rd | Pakistan | 6.15% | 33.5% |
| 34th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.07% | 66.0% |
| 35th | Georgia | 6.06% | 17.5% |
| 36th | Chad | 5.74% | 374.8% |
| 37th | Monaco | 5.70% | 277.7% |
| 38th | Kenya | 5.65% | 48.0% |
| 39th | Hungary | 5.61% | 35.9% |
| 40th | Uzbekistan | 5.56% | 26.5% |
| 41st | Tanzania | 5.50% | -18.2% |
| 42nd | Marshall Islands | 5.49% | 54.0% |
| 43rd | Romania | 5.39% | -34.2% |
| 44th | Burundi | 5.34% | 968.4% |
| 45th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.33% | 27.2% |
| 46th | Armenia | 5.20% | -30.8% |
| 47th | Indonesia | 5.17% | 2.1% |
| 48th | Zimbabwe | 5.01% | -3.7% |
| 49th | Suriname | 4.95% | 216.0% |
| 50th | Seychelles | 4.94% | -29.0% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 4.92% | 4.5% |
| 52nd | Mali | 4.87% | -8.2% |
| 53rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.84% | -34.7% |
| 54th | Malaysia | 4.84% | -16.7% |
| 55th | Togo | 4.80% | 19.6% |
| 56th | Djibouti | 4.77% | -12.5% |
| 57th | Mauritania | 4.77% | -23.9% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 4.73% | 47.1% |
| 59th | Iceland | 4.66% | 33.7% |
| 60th | Serbia | 4.65% | 96.8% |
| 61st | Guyana | 4.44% | 18.9% |
| 62nd | Slovenia | 4.38% | -15.4% |
| 63rd | São Tomé and Principe | 4.38% | 6.4% |
| 64th | Grenada | 4.36% | -1.7% |
| 65th | Malawi | 4.35% | 8.8% |
| 66th | Latvia | 4.31% | 26.8% |
| 67th | Cayman Islands | 4.27% | 34.0% |
| 68th | Thailand | 4.22% | 1.1% |
| 69th | Botswana | 4.19% | 1.8% |
| 70th | Kazakhstan | 4.10% | 5.1% |
| 71st | Moldova | 4.08% | -3.0% |
| 72nd | Slovak Republic | 4.06% | 41.3% |
| 73rd | Zambia | 4.03% | 15.1% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 4.01% | 1.7% |
| 75th | Israel | 4.00% | -7.8% |
| 76th | Chile | 3.99% | 193.8% |
| 77th | Peru | 3.97% | 57.6% |
| 78th | Cameroon | 3.96% | 11.7% |
| 79th | Panama | 3.92% | -30.1% |
| 80th | Honduras | 3.84% | -20.6% |
| 81st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.83% | 18.0% |
| 82nd | Fiji | 3.81% | -28.8% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | 3.79% | -16.3% |
| 84th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76% | -21.5% |
| 85th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.76% | -20.7% |
| 86th | Cabo Verde | 3.71% | -18.5% |
| 87th | Estonia | 3.70% | -34.3% |
| 88th | Albania | 3.67% | 11.8% |
| 89th | Comoros | 3.64% | -4.5% |
| 90th | Bhutan | 3.50% | -40.2% |
| 91st | Ukraine | 3.49% | 47.8% |
| 92nd | Mozambique | 3.48% | 32.1% |
| 93rd | Kiribati | 3.48% | -7.2% |
| 94th | New Zealand | 3.47% | 3.9% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 3.47% | -55.7% |
| 96th | Liechtenstein | 3.46% | -45.8% |
| 97th | Singapore | 3.45% | -22.9% |
| 98th | Guatemala | 3.41% | 10.6% |
| 99th | Kosovo | 3.41% | -29.4% |
| 100th | Saudi Arabia | 3.23% | 173.0% |
| 101st | Aruba | 3.21% | -7.8% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | 3.20% | -33.4% |
| 103rd | Madagascar | 3.19% | -18.8% |
| 104th | Korea | 3.18% | -7.5% |
| 105th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.18% | 111.8% |
| 106th | Belarus | 3.15% | 24.4% |
| 107th | Morocco | 3.07% | -39.4% |
| 108th | United States | 2.97% | 20.7% |
| 109th | Dominica | 2.96% | 144.8% |
| 110th | Portugal | 2.95% | -11.1% |
| 111th | Croatia | 2.91% | -11.3% |
| 112th | Vanuatu | 2.90% | -34.3% |
| 113th | Sierra Leone | 2.89% | -26.6% |
| 114th | St. Lucia | 2.89% | -14.6% |
| 115th | North Macedonia | 2.88% | 166.5% |
| 116th | Australia | 2.87% | 20.8% |
| 117th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.87% | -31.6% |
| 118th | Switzerland | 2.86% | 100.3% |
| 119th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.85% | -25.0% |
| 120th | Czechia | 2.83% | -45.3% |
| 121st | Russian Federation | 2.81% | 53.7% |
| 122nd | Faroe Islands | 2.76% | -21.3% |
| 123rd | Solomon Islands | 2.75% | -10.8% |
| 124th | Kuwait | 2.74% | 158.2% |
| 125th | Canada | 2.74% | -9.6% |
| 126th | American Samoa | 2.67% | 138.2% |
| 127th | Iraq | 2.63% | 274.5% |
| 128th | Costa Rica | 2.62% | -37.1% |
| 129th | Tunisia | 2.61% | 15.8% |
| 130th | Colombia | 2.56% | 88.7% |
| 131st | Jamaica | 2.52% | 9.7% |
| 132nd | Austria | 2.48% | 9.3% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 2.41% | 7.2% |
| 134th | Bahamas, The | 2.40% | -28.9% |
| 135th | Spain | 2.40% | -17.3% |
| 136th | Bulgaria | 2.33% | -15.1% |
| 137th | Sri Lanka | 2.31% | -64.2% |
| 138th | Netherlands | 2.26% | -18.8% |
| 139th | Cuba | 2.25% | 24.2% |
| 140th | Isle of Man | 2.21% | -22.0% |
| 141st | Greece | 2.06% | 40.2% |
| 142nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.05% | -78.4% |
| 143rd | Bahrain | 2.05% | -58.6% |
| 144th | European Union | 2.05% | -27.4% |
| 145th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.00% | 810.7% |
| 146th | Mexico | 1.97% | 5.3% |
| 147th | Nigeria | 1.92% | 138.6% |
| 148th | Jordan | 1.92% | -22.4% |
| 149th | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.88% | 355.4% |
| 150th | Belgium | 1.88% | 27.3% |
| 151st | Denmark | 1.86% | -39.1% |
| 152nd | French Polynesia | 1.81% | -57.9% |
| 153rd | Brazil | 1.78% | 34.8% |
| 154th | Sweden | 1.77% | -6.0% |
| 155th | Haiti | 1.67% | -33.6% |
| 156th | France | 1.65% | -27.4% |
| 157th | Luxembourg | 1.61% | 22.3% |
| 158th | Andorra | 1.59% | 359.2% |
| 159th | South Africa | 1.56% | 34.4% |
| 160th | United Kingdom | 1.55% | -41.6% |
| 161st | United Arab Emirates | 1.54% | 244.9% |
| 162nd | Azerbaijan | 1.50% | 874.3% |
| 163rd | San Marino | 1.49% | 459.5% |
| 164th | Algeria | 1.40% | -6.7% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.39% | 292.6% |
| 166th | Tuvalu | 1.39% | -58.2% |
| 167th | Oman | 1.29% | 323.4% |
| 168th | Qatar | 1.23% | 182.4% |
| 169th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.23% | -13.5% |
| 170th | Finland | 1.19% | -63.9% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 1.19% | -55.1% |
| 172nd | Liberia | 1.16% | -53.1% |
| 173rd | Germany | 1.14% | -59.5% |
| 174th | Channel Islands | 1.12% | -37.9% |
| 175th | Namibia | 1.06% | 203.2% |
| 176th | Ecuador | 1.04% | -82.5% |
| 177th | Gabon | 0.84% | 77.1% |
| 178th | Norway | 0.83% | -66.4% |
| 179th | Italy | 0.83% | -48.5% |
| 180th | Belize | 0.82% | 144.8% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 0.75% | 114.8% |
| 182nd | Japan | 0.64% | -61.6% |
| 183rd | Greenland | 0.62% | 1,081.7% |
| 184th | Tonga | 0.53% | -83.5% |
| 185th | New Caledonia | 0.40% | -81.0% |
| 186th | Uruguay | 0.16% | -90.5% |
| 187th | Eswatini | 0.07% | -95.5% |
| 188th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.05% | -96.1% |
| 189th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.00% | -100.0% |
| 190th | Papua New Guinea | -0.28% | -107.9% |
| 191st | Bermuda | -0.43% | -112.0% |
| 192nd | Timor-Leste | -0.47% | 85.3% |
| 193rd | Angola | -0.59% | -324.6% |
| 194th | Samoa | -0.61% | -143.4% |
| 195th | Guam | -0.83% | -193.0% |
| 196th | Nauru | -0.85% | 85.9% |
| 197th | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.95% | 80.6% |
| 198th | Palau | -1.24% | 63.6% |
| 199th | Barbados | -1.28% | -1,096.9% |
| 200th | Lesotho | -1.48% | 45.8% |
| 201st | Lebanon | -1.88% | -306.4% |
| 202nd | Curaçao | -2.10% | -64.9% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | -2.15% | 62.9% |
| 204th | Congo, Republic of | -2.30% | 58.8% |
| 205th | Argentina | -2.62% | -192.8% |
| 206th | Sudan | -2.68% | -449.1% |
| 207th | Nicaragua | -3.36% | -172.6% |
| 208th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -3.75% | -223.8% |
| 209th | Puerto Rico (US) | -4.36% | -51.2% |
| 210th | Equatorial Guinea | -6.24% | -10.0% |
| 211th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -6.86% | 9.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | -8.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Northern Mariana Islands | -19.50% | -184.1% |
FAQ
What was South Sudan's gdp growth in 2018?▾
South Sudan's gdp growth in 2018 was -2.15%. This ranked 203rd globally.
How did South Sudan's gdp growth change in 2018?▾
South Sudan's gdp growth increased by 62.9% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest gdp growth in 2018?▾
Eritrea had the highest gdp growth in 2018 at 13.03%.
What is the gdp growth of South Sudan in 2018?▾
The gdp growth of South Sudan in 2018 was -2.15%. This ranked 203rd globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for South Sudan's gdp growth?▾
South Sudan's gdp growth went from -5.79% in 2017 to -2.15% in 2018, a 62.9% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Sudan matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2018. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 29.7%. View full analysis →
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