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Population Pyramid

Year: 1950
1000 men aged 100+ in 19560 women aged 100+ in 19560 men aged 95-99 in 19560 women aged 95-99 in 1956900 men aged 90-94 in 19560 women aged 90-94 in 19560 men aged 85-89 in 19560 women aged 85-89 in 1956800 men aged 80-84 in 19560 women aged 80-84 in 195611 men aged 75-79 in 195613 women aged 75-79 in 19567018 men aged 70-74 in 195621 women aged 70-74 in 195625 men aged 65-69 in 195630 women aged 65-69 in 19566033 men aged 60-64 in 195640 women aged 60-64 in 195639 men aged 55-59 in 195649 women aged 55-59 in 19565047 men aged 50-54 in 195653 women aged 50-54 in 195653 men aged 45-49 in 195658 women aged 45-49 in 19564056 men aged 40-44 in 195662 women aged 40-44 in 195660 men aged 35-39 in 195668 women aged 35-39 in 19563066 men aged 30-34 in 195674 women aged 30-34 in 195672 men aged 25-29 in 195684 women aged 25-29 in 19562084 men aged 20-24 in 195697 women aged 20-24 in 1956101 men aged 15-19 in 1956115 women aged 15-19 in 195610119 men aged 10-14 in 1956134 women aged 10-14 in 1956127 men aged 5-9 in 1956144 women aged 5-9 in 19560177 men aged 0-4 in 1956175 women aged 0-4 in 1956age5001.0K1.5K5001.0K1.5K
females
males
Population in thousands

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is 35
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Total fertility rate

Total fertility rate is 6.13
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Year : 1956 Note: Years 2017 to 2100 are projected data.
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision

Healthy life expectancy

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Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository

Healthy life expectancy estimates the expected years of life in good health for persons at a given age.

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Healthy life expectancy at birth, by sexfemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemalefemaleMaleFemale200020052010201520160102030405060

Investments

Investments as share of GDP in health, education, social protection and the real economy.

Percentage of GDP spent on health,2014
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Health024681012Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent by the government on social protection,2016
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Education0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on social protection for persons above statutory pension age,2017/2018
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Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statuatory pensionable age

Social protection0.00.20.40.60.81.0Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on the real economy,2015
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Investment in the real economy is measured by gross fixed capital formation (in current US$). It includes land improvements, plants, machinery, and equipment purchases, the constructions of roads, railways, etc.

Real economy051015202530Percentage of GDP
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Empowerment

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods 2010

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods of contraception (% of women 15-49)

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Porportion of women age 15 - 49percentage of women (15-49) who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methodsMICS 2010National0123456

Women's choice

Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women 15-49)

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Source UNFPA 2018
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Adolescent birth rate, latest year available
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Latest available year between 2006 to 2017.
Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Birth rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years)South Sudan0255075100125150175

Child marriage among women age 20 to 24

Percentage of women age 20-24 married before 15 or 18

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
Marriage before 15Marriage between age 15 and 18Marriage after 18

Prevalence of FGM among women and adolescents

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Intimate partner violence

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Education

Participation - Gross enrolment, 2015

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Number of students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. A high value indicates high degree of participation, whether the student belongs to the official age group or not. It can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, due to early or late entrants, and grade repetition.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Primary, secondary and tertiary gross school enrolment, by sex

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Number of students per 100 person respective agegroupMaleFemalePrimarySecondary020406080

Educational attainment, 2015

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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Share of population by educational attainment, population 25 years and older

Country codePost secondary or higherLower and upper secondaryPrimaryNo schooling or incomplete primary

Literacy rate by age and sex 2008

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Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age GroupPercentage of PopulationMaleFemale15-2425-6465+02.557.51012.51517.52022.52527.53032.53537.54042.54547.5

Employment

Not In Education, Employment Or Training

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Labour-force participation rate as per age group

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Unemployment by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of persons who are available for work, and looking for a job, but are not working

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Working poverty by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of employed living below US$1.90 purchasing power parity


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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Vulnerably employed people by sex: 2017

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

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