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East Africa

South Sudan

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

7.7

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

6.4

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

2.1

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour8
Worker rights & FOA8
OHS & audit transparency9
Food & product safety7
Environmental & regulatory6
Governance & anti-corruption9
Tariff & preferential access5
Non-tariff barriers8
Supply chain traceability9

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict9
Supplier concentration6
Climate & physical risk5
Sanctions exposure3
Policy continuity & property rights9

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness8
Supply base depth1
Logistics & infrastructure1
Workforce skills2
Scalability3
Ease of doing business1
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline1
Innovation & IP1
Quality standards1

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

South Sudan and the EU

EU imports from

€3m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€59m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #170 supplier

EU trade balance

balanced or surplus

coverage 22.95

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated

Electricity costs →

Industrial

EUR/MWh

Consumer

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

610

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Conflict / governance collapse

Market model

State monopoly (SSEC)

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Not independent

Ministry of Energy and Dams

Youngest country (2011), with less than 10% electrification. SSEC (state) operates a tiny diesel-fired grid in Juba. Rest of country has essentially no formal electricity supply. Civil conflict and governance failures.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

0 solar farms

capacity n/a · 1 building

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

1

none in the merged layer

Acid-drainage prone

0

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Gold

Mine-water verifiability

Blind spot

conflict-disrupted; no functioning monitoring

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

18.3

→ 25 by 2050

Fertility

3.79

above replacement

Working-age

58.1%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

5.1

→ 9.2 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 11.9M · still growing past 2100

By 2050: +54% (18.3M)