Rwanda vs South Sudan

Rwanda 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.

• Rwanda has about 1.2 times as many people as South Sudan: 14.6 million against 12.2 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Rwanda ($1,124 in 2025) is 4% higher than in South Sudan ($1,080 in 2015).
• The economy grew faster in Rwanda (9.4% in 2025) than in South Sudan (-10.8% in 2015), a difference of 20.2 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in South Sudan (91.4% in 2024) than in Rwanda (5.9% in 2025), a difference of 85.5 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in South Sudan (12.4% in 2023) than in Rwanda (11.4% in 2025), a difference of 1 percentage point.
• A baby born in Rwanda can expect to live 10.3 years longer than one born in South Sudan: 68 years against 57.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Rwanda is older: half of its people are over 19.4 years, against 18 years in South Sudan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Rwanda (31.7% in 2024) than in South Sudan (6.7% in 2019), a difference of 25 percentage points.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Rwanda (26.1%) than in South Sudan (11.3%), a difference of 14.8 percentage points in 2024.