South Sudan: CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, South Sudan's CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) did not change 0% on 2024 (from 1.5 to 1.5).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was −0.4% and a typical year strayed about 15.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 28.6% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.3% in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.08 a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, South Sudan had the 69th highest value of the 72 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to South Sudan in the 2025 ranking

• Yemen, Rep. — 68th of 72: 1.67
• Afghanistan — 69th of 72: 1.5
• Eritrea — 70th of 72: 1.5
• Sudan — 72nd of 72: 1.5

What this measures

The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Economic Management cluster includes monetary and exchange rate policies, fiscal policy, and debt policy.

Limitations: The CPIA exercise is intended to capture the quality of a country's policies and institutional arrangements, focusing on key elements that are within the country's control, rather than on outcomes (such as economic growth rates) that are influenced by events beyond the country's control. More specifically, the CPIA measures the extent to which a country's policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction and, consequently, the effective use of development assistance.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a unweighted average.

All 14 values

CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) in nearby economies

• Benin — 4 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 4 (2025)
• Burundi — 3.17 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 3.5 (2025)
• Cameroon — 3.67 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 2.83 (2025)
• Chad — 3.5 (2025)
• Comoros — 2.67 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 3.67 (2025)

More public sector data for South Sudan

• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 20 (2024)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 57.54 (2024)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 178.42 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 798.3 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 3.42% (2025)
• Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) — 115.97% (2023)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 18.38% (2025)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 1.5 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is South Sudan's CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)?

1.5 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 18.18% from 1.83 in 2012 (1.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.83 in 2012 and the lowest 1 in 2016.

How does South Sudan rank?

69th highest of 72 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) unusual for South Sudan?

In 2025, South Sudan's CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) did not change 0% on 2024 (from 1.5 to 1.5). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2013 to 2024), the average change was −0.4% and a typical year strayed about 15.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IQ.CPA.ECON.XQ, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0038988 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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