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Eight EAC partner states

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South Sudan

EAC member since 2016 Juba SSP

Reference rate 1 USD = 6,098 SSP 14 Oct 2026 · ExchangeRate-API, daily interbank reference rates
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  • GDP $12.0 bn 2015 -14.1 %
  • GDP growth — Not reported
  • Population 12.2 m 2025
  • GDP per capita — Not reported
  • Inflation 91.4 % 2024
  • Exports to the EAC 0.7 % 2025
Trade in goods

What South Sudan buys and sells

UN Comtrade, 2025, as reported

Exports · 2025 $3.28 bn
Imports · 2025 $868.08 m
Trade balance · 2025 $2.41 bn

Exports to EAC partners$23.17 m

Imports from EAC partners$705.87 m

Top export destinations

  1. Malaysia $1.2 bn
  2. United Arab Emirates $629.9 m
  3. Singapore $570.1 m
  4. Italy $383.1 m
  5. China $358.1 m
  6. Oman $40.8 m
  7. Thailand $37.0 m
  8. India $32.3 m

Top import origins

  1. Uganda EAC$523.7 m
  2. Kenya EAC$167.0 m
  3. Netherlands $65.5 m
  4. Japan $35.7 m
  5. USA $16.3 m
  6. India $11.5 m
  7. Rwanda EAC$9.0 m
  8. Canada $6.8 m

Top exports by product

  1. 27 Mineral fuels and oils $3.3 bn
  2. 72 Iron and steel $9.7 m
  3. 44 Wood and articles of wood $3.7 m
  4. 03 Fish and crustaceans $2.8 m
  5. 74 Copper $2.5 m
  6. 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits $1.2 m
  7. 01 Live animals $855.7 k
  8. 39 Plastics $697.6 k

Top imports by product

  1. 11 Milling products, malt, starches $112.5 m
  2. 30 Pharmaceutical products $74.4 m
  3. 15 Animal and vegetable fats and oils $67.9 m
  4. 87 Vehicles other than railway $66.6 m
  5. 17 Sugars and sugar confectionery $61.6 m
  6. 25 Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, cement $46.7 m
  7. 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar $43.2 m
  8. 72 Iron and steel $41.2 m

GDP growth, % per year

Not reported

Consumer price inflation, % per year

Open tenders

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Procurement of Legal Expert – Contract Management, Governance, Compliance and Legal Advisory Support Tender · World Bank financing · Ministry of Energy and Dams South Sudan 1 day left School grants and Teacher Training Institutes operating cost fund management service Tender · World Bank financing · Ministry of General Education and Instruction South Sudan 2 days left
Sources. Indicators from the World Bank World Development Indicators; trade from UN Comtrade; tenders from the World Bank procurement notices; exchange rate from the daily reference rates. Updated automatically. World Bank · UN Comtrade · World Bank procurement · Reference rate