The real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of South Sudan grew 0.3% in 2016 compare to 5.1% the previous year, according to National Accounts figures produced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) following a technical assistance mission offered by International Monetary Fund (IMF from August 14–18, 2017 as the support to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) with improved measurements.
The IMF mission partnered with NBS staff to compiled GDP for 2016 with an annual growth rate of 0.3 percent. It also developed recommendations to continue improving South Sudan’s national accounts statistics.