Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026
South Sudan
55.4
Comparable countries
- VenezuelaIGE 55.9 · distance 11.5
- SudanIGE 51.8 · distance 11.8
- Palestinian TerritoriesIGE 50.1 · distance 14.9
- YemenIGE 48.8 · distance 17.8
Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).
What would move the score
- Chokepoints±3.1 points
- Sanctions±3.1 points
- Commodity concentrationinsufficient data
- Institutional fragility±1.9 points
- Sovereign stress±1.9 points
Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.
Sub-indices against the regional and global mean
CountryRegional meanGlobal mean
Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026
History by edition
Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.
Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026
Key factors
What drives the score
- Landlocked (transit dependence): yes (2026), risk percentile 100.source
- Rule of law (WGI): 25.3 (2025), risk percentile 100.source
- Reserves in months of imports: 0.2 months (2023), risk percentile 100.source
- Annual inflation: 91.4 % (2024), risk percentile 100.source
- Insufficient data for: commodity concentration.
Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.
How it is calculated
Weights, coverage and provenance
4 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1
Provenance hash
SHA-256 of the canonical JSON of the inputs, their sources and periods, the winsorisation bounds and the weights. Same inputs, same hash.
Sub-index inputs
Chokepoints · 27.0
How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.
| Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025) | 4.9 % of GDP · percentile 3 |
| Total chokepoint exposure (2025) | 11.5 % of GDP · percentile 5 |
| Net energy import dependence (2024) | 0 % · percentile 0 |
| Fuel share of imports | insufficient data |
| Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026) | yes · percentile 100 |
| Logistics performance (LPI) | insufficient data |
Sanctions · 52.8
Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.
| Jurisdiction-level sanctions regime (2026) | targeted regime · percentile 30 |
| Designations linked to the country (2026) | 63 · percentile 65 |
| Designations under country programmes (2026) | 53 · percentile 73 |
| Entities under US export controls (2026) | 15 · percentile 67 |
| Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023) | 38 · percentile 29 |
Commodity concentration · insufficient data
Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.
| Export concentration (HHI) | insufficient data |
| Import concentration (HHI) | insufficient data |
| Fuel and food share of imports | insufficient data |
| Natural resource rents (2015) | 13.1 % of GDP · percentile 44 |
| Terms-of-trade volatility | insufficient data |
Institutional fragility · 77.7
Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.
| Rule of law (WGI) (2025) | 25.3 · percentile 100 |
| Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025) | 39.1 · percentile 89 |
| Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025) | 6.3 · percentile 100 |
| Control of corruption (WGI) (2025) | 5.8 · percentile 100 |
| INFORM risk index (2026) | 8.3 · percentile 100 |
| Battle-related deaths per 100,000 people (2025) | 0.02 · percentile 1 |
| Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2012) | 13.98 · percentile 43 |
| New conflict displacements per 1,000 people (2025) | 23.14 · percentile 90 |
| Political and security events (90 days) (2026) | 76.6 · percentile 77 |
| Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026) | insufficient data |
Sovereign stress · 85.0
Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.
| Reserves in months of imports (2023) | 0.2 months · percentile 100 |
| Current account balance (2023) | 7.9 % of GDP · percentile 21 |
| Annual inflation (2024) | 91.4 % · percentile 100 |
| Annual depreciation against the dollar (2024) | +132.5 % · percentile 100 |
| External debt to GNI | insufficient data |
| Debt service to exports | insufficient data |
| Short-term debt to reserves | insufficient data |
| Broad money to reserves (2024) | 164.1× · percentile 100 |
| Interest payments to revenue | insufficient data |
| Intelrift daily country risk (2026) | 48 · percentile 88 |