South Sudan: Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, South Sudan's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) rose 89.06 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.38% to 91.44%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 112.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 327.23 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 192.15 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 21.48 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% 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

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Closest to South Sudan in the 2024 ranking

• Gambia, The — 2nd of 6: 11.56%
• United States — 3rd of 6: 2.95%
• Equatorial Guinea — 4th of 6: 2.92%

What this measures

Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.

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

All 16 values

Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 20.16% (2025)
• Benin — 1.1% (2025)
• Botswana — 2.66% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — -0.59% (2025)
• Burundi — 34.13% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 2.34% (2025)
• Cameroon — 3.4% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 1% (2025)
• Chad — -3.91% (2025)
• Comoros — 3.25% (2025)

More financial sector data for South Sudan

• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3,657 (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 41,281 (2024)
• Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) — 1.7 (2024)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 3.18% (2025)
• Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) — 86.98% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 13.26 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -6.33 trillion (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 3.24% (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 4.61 trillion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is South Sudan's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)?

91.44% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 86.43 percentage points from 5.01% in 2009. The highest value was 380% in 2016 and the lowest -6.69% in 2022.

Is the latest change in inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) unusual for South Sudan?

In 2024, South Sudan's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) rose 89.06 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.38% to 91.44%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 112.92 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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