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As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates ...
According to the World Bank, more than half of the South Sudanese people live below the poverty line. [7] The government of South Sudan lacks the money and institutional framework to offer much help. [8] South Sudan is rich in natural resources with oil as their main export, representing 98% of government revenue.
[24] South Sudan relies on food imports from neighboring countries, such as Uganda, Kenya and Sudan. These come at a high transportation cost which, coupled with inflation, has caused food prices to rise dramatically in South Sudan. [22] The declining agricultural production and the reliance on expensive foreign food supplies have contributed ...
Sudan - for the second year in a row - topped a 2025 watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization on Wednesday, followed by Gaza ...
In 2008, the South Sudan census approximated that 2 in 5 girls marry before they reach the age of 18. [5] As of 2010, 52% of South Sudanese girls are married by the age of 18 and 9% are married by 15. [6] In South Sudan, polygamy is common, and 41% of child marriages involve more than one bride. [7]
The Nuer people (part of the Nilotic group) are the second largest group in South Sudan, representing 15.6% of the population in 2013 [24] (or about 1.8 million [18]). In the late 19th century, British, Arab and Turkish traders exerted influence in the area.
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In the early months of 2017, parts of South Sudan experienced a famine following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by war and drought.The famine, largely focused in the northern part of the country, affected an estimated five million people (nearly 50% of the South Sudanese population).