South Sudan
National power in South Sudan
National power in South Sudan: 0.05% of world capability in 2011 and 0.08% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.08% of world capability
- Since 2011
- +0.04 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 103 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 0.21% of world capability in 2014, the lowest 0.05% of world capability in 2011.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 0.19 |
| 2015 | 0.2 |
| 2014 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 0.05 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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South Sudan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel53,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2022