Democracy in South Sudan
South Sudan: Democracy was 1 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
90th
of 175 countries
All-time high
1
in 2011
All-time low
1
in 2011
Years of data
15
2011–2025
Democracy in South Sudan, 2011–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 1 for democracy in 2025. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in South Sudan peaked at 1 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2011.
South Sudan ranks 90th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Democracy in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 1 is above the median for low income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 1 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for South Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.41 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3667 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0368 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 27.22 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8628 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 325.82 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 10,990 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 26,453 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 8,797 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in South Sudan?
- Democracy in South Sudan was 1 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2011.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2011.
- How does South Sudan rank for democracy?
- South Sudan ranks 90th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).