East Africa
South Sudan
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
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
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
610
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket 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.
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
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)