Chad vs South Sudan

Chad and South Sudan compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Chad has about 1.7 times as many people as South Sudan: 21 million against 12.2 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in South Sudan ($1,080 in 2015) is 6% higher than in Chad ($1,022 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Chad (5.6% in 2025) than in South Sudan (-10.8% in 2015), a difference of 16.4 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in South Sudan (91.4% in 2024) than in Chad (-3.9% in 2025), a difference of 95.3 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in South Sudan (12.4% in 2023) than in Chad (1.1% in 2025), a difference of 11.3 percentage points.
• A baby born in South Sudan can expect to live 2.5 years longer than one born in Chad: 57.7 years against 55.2 years in 2024.
• The population of South Sudan is older: half of its people are over 18 years, against 15.4 years in Chad in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Chad (12.6% in 2024) than in South Sudan (6.7% in 2019), a difference of 5.9 percentage points.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in South Sudan (11.3%) than in Chad (3%), a difference of 8.3 percentage points in 2024.