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South Sudan Unemployment Rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
2023
Next release
Forecast
Highest
14.40% on Dec 31, 2020
Lowest
11.80% on Dec 31, 1997

About South Sudan Unemployment Rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Annual
Units
%
In South Sudan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate South Sudan Unemployment Rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever South Sudan Unemployment Rate is 11.80%.
The highest figure South Sudan Unemployment Rate has ever reached is 14.40%.
In 2023 South Sudan Unemployment Rate was 12.40%, and the year before it reached 12.50%.