Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan
South Sudan: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
South Sudan ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 68.3% | — |
| 2013 | 38.6% | -43.5% |
| 2014 | 60.0% | +55.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 0.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 44.4%. (24 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 179 Sierra Leone 37.6% compare
- 180 Congo 31.2% compare
- 181 Uganda 14.4% compare
- 182 Benin 0.0%
- 182 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 182 Burundi 0.0%
- 182 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 182 Chad 0.0% compare
- 182 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 182 Eritrea 0.0% compare
- 182 Somalia 0.0%
- 182 Yemen 0.0% compare
More private sector data for South Sudan
- Merchandise trade 37.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 955.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 78.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 104.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 33.38 current US$ per person (2023)
- Commercial service exports 383.32 million current US$ (2023)
- Transport services 63.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in South Sudan was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 68.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does South Sudan rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- South Sudan ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.