Unemployment rate: South Sudan
12.374% in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1991 to 2023 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.374 |
| 2022 | 12.475 |
| 2021 | 13.95 |
| 2020 | 14.246 |
| 2019 | 12.656 |
| 2018 | 12.853 |
| 2017 | 12.983 |
| 2016 | 12.854 |
| 2015 | 12.464 |
| 2014 | 12.561 |
| 2013 | 12.665 |
| 2012 | 12.803 |
| 2011 | 12.585 |
| 2010 | 12.473 |
| 2009 | 12.438 |
| 2008 | 12.298 |
| 2007 | 12.266 |
| 2006 | 12.268 |
| 2005 | 12.266 |
| 2004 | 12.256 |
| 2003 | 12.234 |
| 2002 | 12.235 |
| 2001 | 12.278 |
| 2000 | 12.309 |
| 1999 | 12.138 |
| 1998 | 12.095 |
| 1997 | 12.068 |
| 1996 | 12.314 |
| 1995 | 12.334 |
| 1994 | 12.326 |
| 1993 | 12.233 |
| 1992 | 12.374 |
| 1991 | 12.334 |