South Sudan

In brief

Home broadband per 100 people: 0 (2023). World rank 206 of 208 (1 = best); in Africa, 52 of 54. Access to electricity: 5.4% (2024). World rank 214 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 54 of 54. Electricity use, kWh per person: 53 (2024). World rank 148 of 149; in Africa, 36 of 37. From 2014 to 2024: access to electricity 4.3% → 5.4%, electricity use 40 → 53 (kWh per person), and electricity from fossil fuels 99.6% → 92.8%. Worse than all its neighbours (Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda): home broadband per 100 people, access to electricity, renewable share of energy use, electricity from renewables, and electricity from fossil fuels.