{"id":"2026-oct-report-ss-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-report-ss-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-report-ss-wb-oct2026-growth-inflation-outlook","language":"en","title":"South Sudan: World Bank estimates 2026 growth and inflation","summary":"The World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives South Sudan estimates and forecasts for real GDP growth and inflation.","body":["The World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for South Sudan. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.","The real GDP growth rate for South Sudan is -7.7% in 2025, an estimated 20.3% in 2026 and a forecast 1.2% in 2027. These are total real GDP rates, not per-capita growth. The report labels 2026 “e” for estimate and 2027 “f” for forecast.","South Sudan inflation is shown at 228.6% in 2025 and 42.3% in 2026 and 39.4% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.","For 2026, South Sudan’s 20.3% total real GDP growth estimate and 42.3% inflation estimate are two national annual indicators. They do not show sector contributions, monthly price movements, or which input costs drove inflation; the appendix does not specify whether CPI inflation is an annual average or a year-end rate."],"keyPoints":["Real GDP growth: 2025 -7.7%, 2026 20.3% (estimate), 2027 1.2% (forecast).","Inflation: 2025 228.6%, 2026 42.3% (estimate), 2027 39.4% (forecast).","Annual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified."],"sections":[],"text":"South Sudan: World Bank estimates 2026 growth and inflation\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 outlook gives South Sudan estimates and forecasts for real GDP growth and inflation.\n\nReal GDP growth: 2025 -7.7%, 2026 20.3% (estimate), 2027 1.2% (forecast).\n\nInflation: 2025 228.6%, 2026 42.3% (estimate), 2027 39.4% (forecast).\n\nAnnual inflation basis (average or year-end) is not specified.\n\nThe World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for South Sudan. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.\n\nThe real GDP growth rate for South Sudan is -7.7% in 2025, an estimated 20.3% in 2026 and a forecast 1.2% in 2027. These are total real GDP rates, not per-capita growth. The report labels 2026 “e” for estimate and 2027 “f” for forecast.\n\nSouth Sudan inflation is shown at 228.6% in 2025 and 42.3% in 2026 and 39.4% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.\n\nFor 2026, South Sudan’s 20.3% total real GDP growth estimate and 42.3% inflation estimate are two national annual indicators. They do not show sector contributions, monthly price movements, or which input costs drove inflation; the appendix does not specify whether CPI inflation is an annual average or a year-end rate.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","inflation","finance"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-12T01:54:10Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-09T21:04:34Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/10/06/economic-growth-in-sub-saharan-africa-gains-momentum-despite-global-uncertainty","name":"World Bank Group","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","publishedAt":"2026-10-06"},{"url":"https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/09084a4b-850b-4630-9914-9b57c3cf0486/download","name":"Full report PDF, Appendix table A.1","licence":"Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO). 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