Poverty rate at national poverty lines in South Sudan

82.3% of people in South Sudan lived below the national poverty line in 2016.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2016 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for South Sudan is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
South Sudan, 2016 82.3% % of population

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in South Sudan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2016 to 2016
Period South Sudan
2016 82.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2016 to 2016 for South Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources