Distribution of Poverty (RSS - 2016)

RSS (Government Republic of South Sudan), 2016. South Sudan Vision 2040: Towards Freedom, Equality, Justice, Peace and Prosperity for All.

By region, poverty is highest in Northern Bahr el Ghazal. 59 per cent of female-headed households are poor compared to 48.1 per cent of those headed by males. Poverty levels decline significantly with higher levels of education; of households headed by an uneducated person, 55.4 percent are below the poverty line compared to 26.4 per cent of those with some secondary education.

In South Sudan, most people directly depend on being able to cultivate the land or graze their livestock on pastures, and collect water and fuel-wood from nearby sources. There are a variety of circumstances and events that can affect the environment, thereby disrupting livelihood activities and potentially worsening food scarcity or triggering a decline into poverty. They range from natural disasters, such as floods, droughts and fires, to livestock and crop diseases and pests, all of which can destroy or degrade the natural resources people need to survive. Droughts or floods affect over half the population of South Sudan and about 42 per cent are affected by crop diseases or pests.