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South Sudan vs Uganda

90 shared metrics.

South SudanLeads in 41

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UgandaLeads in 49

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South Sudan

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of South Sudan.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive name from the country's geographic position within Sudan prior to independence.

CIA 2026

Uganda

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Uganda.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains include Africa's third-highest peak and glaciers near the equator.

UNESCO

Analysis

Uganda leads in 49 of 90 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 41.

South Sudan's Inflation Rate is 26.7x that of Uganda (91.4% vs 3.3%).

South Sudan's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 10.0x that of Uganda (642.86 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

South Sudan's Irrigated Land is 8.5x that of Uganda (1.0K km² vs 105 km²).

South Sudan's Youth Unemployment Rate is 3.4x that of Uganda (18.52% of youth labor force vs 4.2% of youth labor force).

South Sudan's Unemployment Rate is 3.2x that of Uganda (12.48% vs 2.9%).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

91.4%

Uganda

3.3%

Electricity Carbon IntensitySouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

642.86 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Irrigated LandSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

1.0K km²

Uganda

105 km²

Youth Unemployment RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

18.52% of youth labor force

Uganda

4.2% of youth labor force

Unemployment RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

12.48%

Uganda

2.9%

Forest AreaSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

71.6K km²

Uganda

22.1K km²

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

South Sudan

91.4%

Uganda

3.3%

2670% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

South Sudan

642.86 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

999% higher

Irrigated Land

South Sudan

1.0K km²

Uganda

105 km²

852% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

South Sudan

18.52% of youth labor force

Uganda

4.2% of youth labor force

343% higher

Unemployment Rate

South Sudan

12.48%

Uganda

2.9%

324% higher

Forest Area

South Sudan

71.6K km²

Uganda

22.1K km²

223% higher

Land Area

South Sudan

631.9K km²

Uganda

200.5K km²

215% higher

Infant Mortality

South Sudan

72.6 per 1k births

Uganda

27.6 per 1k births

163% higher

Insufficient Physical Activity

South Sudan

16.26% of adults

Uganda

6.2% of adults

161% higher

Child Mortality

South Sudan

98.7 per 1k births

Uganda

38.8 per 1k births

154% higher

Airports

South Sudan

Uganda

140% higher

Land Border Length

South Sudan

6.0K km

Uganda

2.7K km

121% higher

Scientific Publications

Uganda

South Sudan

16.38

Uganda

1.2K

99% lower

Mobile Money Accounts

Uganda

South Sudan

0.85% of adults

Uganda

67.74% of adults

99% lower

Population Density

Uganda

South Sudan

18.17 /km²

Uganda

242.65 /km²

93% lower

Digital Payments Used

Uganda

South Sudan

4.8% of adults

Uganda

70.64% of adults

93% lower

Credit Card Ownership

Uganda

South Sudan

0.15% of adults

Uganda

2.0% of adults

92% lower

Electric Generating Capacity

Uganda

South Sudan

136.0K kW

Uganda

1.45M kW

91% lower

Electricity Access (%)

Uganda

South Sudan

5.4%

Uganda

51.5%

90% lower

Electricity Generation

Uganda

South Sudan

0.59 TWh

Uganda

5.8 TWh

90% lower

Comparison of South Sudan and Uganda across 90 metrics
				Winner
Inflation Rate	91.4%	3.3%	2670% higher	South Sudan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	642.86 gCO2/kWh	58.52 gCO2/kWh	999% higher	South Sudan
Irrigated Land	1.0K km²	105 km²	852% higher	South Sudan
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.52% of youth labor force	4.2% of youth labor force	343% higher	South Sudan
Unemployment Rate	12.48%	2.9%	324% higher	South Sudan
Forest Area	71.6K km²	22.1K km²	223% higher	South Sudan
Land Area	631.9K km²	200.5K km²	215% higher	South Sudan
Infant Mortality	72.6 per 1k births	27.6 per 1k births	163% higher	South Sudan
Insufficient Physical Activity	16.26% of adults	6.2% of adults	161% higher	South Sudan
Child Mortality	98.7 per 1k births	38.8 per 1k births	154% higher	South Sudan
Airports	96	40	140% higher	South Sudan
Land Border Length	6.0K km	2.7K km	121% higher	South Sudan
Scientific Publications	16.38	1.2K	99% lower	Uganda
Mobile Money Accounts	0.85% of adults	67.74% of adults	99% lower	Uganda
Population Density	18.17 /km²	242.65 /km²	93% lower	Uganda
Digital Payments Used	4.8% of adults	70.64% of adults	93% lower	Uganda
Credit Card Ownership	0.15% of adults	2.0% of adults	92% lower	Uganda
Electric Generating Capacity	136.0K kW	1.45M kW	91% lower	Uganda
Electricity Access (%)	5.4%	51.5%	90% lower	Uganda
Electricity Generation	0.59 TWh	5.8 TWh	90% lower	Uganda
Death Rate	8.7 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	88% higher	South Sudan
Energy Use (Per Capita)	69.04 kg oil eq/person	482.82 kg oil eq/person	86% lower	Uganda
Vehicles per 1,000 People	6.4 per 1k people	41.11 per 1k people	84% lower	Uganda
Railway Length	248 km	1.2K km	80% lower	Uganda
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.1 kg/person/yr	14.77 kg/person/yr	79% lower	Uganda
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.04 per 1k	0.19 per 1k	79% lower	Uganda
Population	12.70M	50.86M	75% lower	Uganda
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	0.93 per 100k	3.6 per 100k	74% lower	Uganda
Nurses & Midwives	0.71 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	69% lower	Uganda
Corruption Perceptions Index	9.0 pts	25 pts	64% lower	Uganda
Renewable Energy (%)	32.4%	90.9%	64% lower	Uganda
Freedom of Expression Index	0.15	0.43	64% lower	Uganda
Government Debt (% GDP)	86.6% of GDP	53.1% of GDP	63% higher	South Sudan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.17	61% lower	Uganda
Water Stress (%)	2.5%	1.6%	55% higher	South Sudan
Health Spending (% GDP)	6.8% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	54% higher	South Sudan
Capital Elevation	550 m	1.2K m	54% lower	Uganda
Firms with Female Top Manager	10.55% of firms	22.61% of firms	53% lower	Uganda
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	Uganda
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	46.91 kWh/person	89.87 kWh/person	48% lower	Uganda
Electoral Democracy Index	0.13	0.25	47% lower	Uganda
Road Traffic Death Rate	23.3 per 100k	16 per 100k	46% higher	South Sudan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	46.62 per 100 people	83 per 100 people	44% lower	Uganda
Suicide Rate	7.9 per 100k	5.5 per 100k	43% higher	South Sudan
Firms Making Informal Payments	22.82% of firms	40.29% of firms	43% lower	Uganda
Sanitation Access (%)	14.43%	23.9%	40% lower	Uganda
Solar Electricity Share	1.8%	2.9%	39% lower	Uganda
Agricultural Land (%)	44.86%	71.89%	38% lower	Uganda
Lowest Elevation	381 m	614 m	38% lower	Uganda
Highest Elevation	3.2K m	5.1K m	38% lower	Uganda
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	2.2%	37% higher	South Sudan
Can Raise Emergency Money	60.93% of adults	95.57% of adults	36% lower	Uganda
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.39% of firms	20.45% of firms	34% higher	South Sudan
Human Development Index	0.39	0.58	33% lower	Uganda
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% higher	South Sudan
Urban Population (%)	21.38%	31.28%	32% lower	Uganda
Women's Political Empowerment	0.48	0.64	25% lower	Uganda
Border Neighbors	6.0	5.0	20% higher	South Sudan
Obesity Rate	8.0%	6.9%	16% higher	South Sudan
Life Expectancy	57.6 years	68.3 years	16% lower	Uganda
Armed Forces Personnel	53.0K	46.0K	15% higher	South Sudan
Dependency Ratio	72.14% of working-age pop.	84.27% of working-age pop.	14% lower	Uganda
Firms Hit by Power Outages	68.37% of firms	79.94% of firms	14% lower	Uganda
CO2 Per Capita	0.14 t/person/yr	0.13 t/person/yr	12% higher	South Sudan
Health Spending Per Capita	$49.41	$44.15	12% higher	South Sudan
Food Waste per Person	132.78 kg/person/yr	151.06 kg/person/yr	12% lower	Uganda
Youth Population (%)	38.92%	43.54%	11% lower	Uganda
Teen Birth Rate	97.13 per 1k	106.95 per 1k	9% lower	Uganda
Median Age	18.0 years	16.5 years	9% higher	South Sudan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	30.74 µg/m³	33.81 µg/m³	9% lower	Uganda
Birth Rate	35.68 per 1k	38.91 per 1k	8% lower	Uganda
Women in Parliament (%)	32.36%	33.93%	5% lower	Uganda
Protected Land (%)	15.4%	16.1%	4% lower	Uganda
Military Spending	2.0% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	4% higher	South Sudan
Forest Coverage (%)	11.33%	11.04%	3% higher	South Sudan
Water Withdrawal	0.66 B m³	0.64 B m³	3% higher	South Sudan
Hypertension Prevalence	34.9% of adults	34.2% of adults	2% higher	South Sudan
Fertility Rate	5.0 children/woman	5.1 children/woman	2% lower	Uganda
Internet Users (%)	9.0%	8.9%	1% higher	South Sudan
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.89	equal	South Sudan
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	South Sudan
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	South Sudan
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	South Sudan
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	South Sudan
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	South Sudan
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	South Sudan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-4% of GDP	-6.2% of GDP	ranked higher	South Sudan
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	3.0 sites	ranked lower	Uganda
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	ranked lower	Uganda
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	South Sudan

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Analysis

Uganda leads in 49 of 90 shared metrics, while South Sudan leads in 41.

South Sudan's Inflation Rate is 26.7x that of Uganda (91.4% vs 3.3%).

South Sudan's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 10.0x that of Uganda (642.86 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

South Sudan's Irrigated Land is 8.5x that of Uganda (1.0K km² vs 105 km²).

South Sudan's Youth Unemployment Rate is 3.4x that of Uganda (18.52% of youth labor force vs 4.2% of youth labor force).

South Sudan's Unemployment Rate is 3.2x that of Uganda (12.48% vs 2.9%).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

91.4%

Uganda

3.3%

Electricity Carbon IntensitySouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

642.86 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Irrigated LandSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

1.0K km²

Uganda

105 km²

Youth Unemployment RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

18.52% of youth labor force

Uganda

4.2% of youth labor force

Unemployment RateSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

12.48%

Uganda

2.9%

Forest AreaSouth Sudan leads

South Sudan

71.6K km²

Uganda

22.1K km²

Inflation Rate

91.4%

3.3%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

642.86 gCO2/kWh

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Irrigated Land

1.0K km²

105 km²

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.52% of youth labor force

4.2% of youth labor force

Unemployment Rate

12.48%

2.9%

Forest Area

71.6K km²

22.1K km²

Land Area

631.9K km²

200.5K km²

Infant Mortality

72.6 per 1k births

27.6 per 1k births

Insufficient Physical Activity

16.26% of adults

6.2% of adults

Child Mortality

98.7 per 1k births

38.8 per 1k births

Airports

Land Border Length

6.0K km

2.7K km

Scientific Publications

16.38

1.2K

Mobile Money Accounts

0.85% of adults

67.74% of adults

Population Density

18.17 /km²

242.65 /km²

Digital Payments Used

4.8% of adults

70.64% of adults

Credit Card Ownership

0.15% of adults

2.0% of adults

Electric Generating Capacity

136.0K kW

1.45M kW

Electricity Access (%)

5.4%

51.5%

Electricity Generation

0.59 TWh

5.8 TWh

South Sudan vs Uganda

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Irrigated Land

Youth Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate

Forest Area

Land Area

Infant Mortality

Insufficient Physical Activity

Child Mortality

Airports

Land Border Length

Scientific Publications

Mobile Money Accounts

Population Density

Digital Payments Used

Credit Card Ownership

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Access (%)

Electricity Generation

Death Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Railway Length

Seafood Consumption per Person

Doctors (per 1,000)

Population

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Nurses & Midwives

Corruption Perceptions Index

Renewable Energy (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Water Stress (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Capital Elevation

Firms with Female Top Manager

Official Languages Count

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electoral Democracy Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Suicide Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Sanitation Access (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Agricultural Land (%)

Lowest Elevation

Highest Elevation

Elderly Population (%)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Firms Asked for Bribes

Human Development Index

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Urban Population (%)

Women's Political Empowerment

Border Neighbors

Obesity Rate

Life Expectancy

Armed Forces Personnel

Dependency Ratio

Firms Hit by Power Outages

CO2 Per Capita

Health Spending Per Capita

Food Waste per Person

Youth Population (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Median Age

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Birth Rate

Women in Parliament (%)