South Sudan's agriculture share rose from 4.2 % in 2008 to 10.4 % in 2015.
South Sudan · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 19 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
12th of 184 · 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa
South Sudan's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 66.1 % in 1994 to 63.8 % in 2023.
South Sudan's resource rents fell from 58.3 % in 2008 to 13.1 % in 2015.
South Sudan's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 45.1 % in 2012 to 44.9 % in 2023.
South Sudan's arable land (% of land area) fell from 4.2 % in 2012 to 3.9 % in 2023.
South Sudan's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 2012 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −6.8 %161st of 179
- Food production indexup +0.6 pts62nd of 195
- Crop production indexup +5.5 pts53rd of 195
- Livestock production indexdown −1.9 pts74th of 194
- Oil productiondown −41.3 %42nd of 50
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +119.8 %186th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)down −16.0 pts15th of 197*
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)down −0.0 pts97th of 210*
- Forest rents (% of GDP)up +0.6 pts38th of 210*
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +0.8 pts133rd of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentup +1.3 pts147th of 165
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