Africa
South Sudan is presented here as a historical economic dossier rather than a flat stat sheet: long-run macro cycles, public balance-sheet pressure, market depth, external buffers, and the events that likely bent the curve.
A tighter current-state read before dropping into the long historical charts.
The timeline is where macro numbers meet story: crises, wars, policy shifts, trade deals, and other shocks connected to South Sudan.
Became the newest country in the world, following a referendum.
South Sudan formally declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, becoming the world's newest nation following a January referendum in which 98.83% of voters backed separation. The independence ended decades of civil war but the new nation soon descended into its own devastating civil conflict.