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Countdown Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The Countdown developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for South Sudan.

South Sudan income group: Low Income
Comparison
South Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet
3.97 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
93%
Availability of fruits
112.5 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
133.0 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services (SDG 6.1.1)
No Data
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
20.8 USD/capita
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women (SDG 2.2.4)
No Data
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
No Data
NCD-Protect
No Data
NCD-Risk
No Data
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
No Data
Adults: Soft drink consumption
No Data
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)
20%
Percent population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)
87%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
No Data
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, Natural Resources, and Production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
37%
Cereals yield
0.1 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
0.6 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
0.8 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
3,332.0 100 g/animal
Beef yield
13.8 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
No Data
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
61,405.1 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
4.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
5.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
51.7 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
-1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
85% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
0%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP (SDG 2.a.1)
4% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
10% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
6% population
Social protection adequacy
2% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
No Data
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (SDG 5.a.1)
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.2
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
0%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
Explicit protection of the right to food or directive of state policy
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No
Government effectiveness index
-2.4
Food safety capacity
20.0
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
None
V-Dem accountability index
-0.7
Open budget index score
15.0
Guarantees for public access to information (SDG 16.10.2)
Yes
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
0.000
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
No Data
Mobile cellular subscriptions
30.0 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.3
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
11% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1a)
No Data
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1b)
No Data
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.4
Food price volatility
0.8
Food supply variability
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable