Rural population, per capita in South Sudan
South Sudan: Rural population, per capita was 0.7832 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rural population, per capita in South Sudan, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 0.7832 units per person for rural population, per capita in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per capita in South Sudan peaked at 0.9151 units per person in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.7832 units per person, in 2025.
That places South Sudan 8th out of 216 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9142 units per person | 0.9134 units per person | 0.9147 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.915 units per person | 0.9148 units per person | 0.9151 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9049 units per person | 0.8809 units per person | 0.9151 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8552 units per person | 0.8419 units per person | 0.8737 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8327 units per person | 0.8271 units per person | 0.8396 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.813 units per person | 0.8009 units per person | 0.8246 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7907 units per person | 0.7832 units per person | 0.7981 units per person | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.36 (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per capita in South Sudan?
- Rural population, per capita in South Sudan was 0.7832 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per capita recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9151 units per person in 1981.
- What is the lowest rural population, per capita recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7832 units per person in 2025.
- How does South Sudan rank for rural population, per capita?
- South Sudan ranks 8th out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population, per capita rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rural population, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rural population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.