South Sudan's life expectancy rose from 31.5 yrs in 1995 to 57.7 yrs in 2024.
South Sudan · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 19 with data
South Sudan's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 44.6 yrs in 2000 to 50.5 yrs in 2021.
South Sudan's infant mortality fell from 146.8 ‰ in 1995 to 71.9 ‰ in 2024.
South Sudan's under-5 mortality rate fell from 268.0 ‰ in 1995 to 96.7 ‰ in 2024.
South Sudan's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,666.0 /100k in 1994 to 692.0 /100k in 2023.
South Sudan's ncd mortality rose from 19.8 % in 2000 to 22.4 % in 2021.
South Sudan's suicide mortality rate rose from 5.1 /100k in 2000 to 7.9 /100k in 2021.
South Sudan's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 19.2 /100k in 2000 to 36.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +5.0 pts11th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +51.5 %158th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −4.6 pts92nd of 192
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- Physiciansdown −4.7 %127th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −2.1 %111th of 129
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts160th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts161st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts122nd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −1.8 %190th of 208
›No data available (4)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for South Sudan.
- Hospital bedsNo data
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data