Country · SSD
South Sudan · Finances and debt
Period
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11
Public finances and external accounts
A fiscal surplus of 3.3 % of GDP
South Sudan: in 2025, the general government collected 3.3 % of GDP more than it spent, public debt stood at 64.2 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 6.4 % (IMF).
- Fiscal balance · 2025
- +3.3 %
- of GDP · +9.0 pt since 2020
- Public debt · 2025
- 64.2 %
- of GDP · +15.9 pt since 2020
- Current account · 2025
- −6.4 %
- of GDP · +25.3 pt since 2020
Fiscal balance, % of GDP
Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections
- South Sudan
- East Africa
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)
Current account, % of GDP
Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Currency
South Sudanese pound
The South Sudanese pound has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.
- Currency
- SSP
- South Sudanese pound
- Exchange regime
- —
- no fixed peg
- Inflation · 2025
- 97.6 %
- average annual change in consumer prices
Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Debt
The debt of South Sudan
The World Bank publishes no external debt figures for South Sudan.
- Public debt · 2025
- 64.2 %
- of GDP · IMF
Risk of debt distress
IMF and World Bank debt sustainability analysis
Latest analysis published on 2024-06-10: high.
Source: IMF, list of debt sustainability analyses of low-income countries, as of 2026-03-31 · imf.org