Environment in South Sudan

918 indicators covering environment for South Sudan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Arable land use per person 0.2168 hectares per person 2023 down 7.5% 55th
Forest area 7.16 million hectares 2025 up 0.0% 63rd
Share of global forest area 0.2% 2025 up 1.0% 63rd
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index -0.8559 2023 down 65.7% 126th
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.0% 82nd
Cattle — Share in total livestock 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% 39th
Cattle — Stocks 7.07 million LSU 2023 up 20.1% 34th
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 159th
Chickens — Share in total livestock 3.35 %LSU 2023 up 103.0% 165th
Chickens — Stocks 355,560 LSU 2023 up 137.0% 80th
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% 47th
Goats — Share in total livestock 15.24 %LSU 2023 up 2.1% 29th
Goats — Stocks 1.61 million LSU 2023 up 19.2% 19th
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% 44th
Sheep — Share in total livestock 13.69 %LSU 2023 down 22.3% 51st
Sheep — Stocks 1.45 million LSU 2023 down 9.3% 29th
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.0% 85th
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% 46th
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 7.07 million LSU 2023 up 20.1% 35th
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% 48th
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock 28.92 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% 35th
Sheep and Goats — Stocks 3.07 million LSU 2023 up 3.7% 24th
Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 112th
Equidae — Share in total livestock 1.04 %LSU 2023 down 1.9% 115th
Equidae — Stocks 109,738 LSU 2023 up 14.3% 58th
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.6% 127th
Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 3.93 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% 103rd
Manure applied — Cropland potassium 70,490 t 2023 up 16.9% 57th
Manure applied — Cropland potassium per unit area 27.38 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% 61st
Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen 15,289 t 2023 down 5.1% 73rd
Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% 98th
Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen 38,683 t 2023 up 31.0% 106th
Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 15.03 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% 164th
Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus 7,705 t 2023 up 22.9% 105th
Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 2.99 kg/ha 2023 up 28.4% 163rd
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium 17,754 t 2023 up 47.8% 111th
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area 6.9 kg/ha 2023 up 54.5% 165th
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen 15,219 t 2023 up 25.4% 91st
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 31.0% 121st
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus 2,452 t 2023 up 35.1% 94th
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 0.9524 kg/ha 2023 up 41.1% 125th
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium 25,529 t 2023 up 22.0% 98th
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area 9.92 kg/ha 2023 up 27.4% 128th
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen 24,051 t 2023 up 30.8% 68th
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 9.34 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% 71st
Seed — Cropland nitrogen 158.54 t 2023 up 5.0% 137th
Seed — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 0.0616 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% 175th
Seed — Cropland phosphorus 27.73 t 2023 up 0.5% 136th
Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 0.0108 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% 164th
Seed — Cropland potassium 70.75 t 2023 up 3.3% 130th
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area 0.0275 kg/ha 2023 up 7.8% 165th
Leaching — Cropland nitrogen 11,941 t 2023 up 19.1% 95th
Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% 122nd
Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen 17,980 t 2023 up 19.6% 101st
Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 6.98 kg/ha 2023 up 24.9% 137th
Input — Cropland nitrogen 99,432 t 2023 up 17.3% 103rd
Input — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 38.63 kg/ha 2023 up 22.6% 140th
Input — Cropland phosphorus 10,138 t 2023 up 20.0% 105th
Input — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 3.94 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% 149th
Input — Cropland potassium 70,564 t 2023 up 16.9% 76th