South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics

We encourage those looking for data on South Sudan to visit the National Bureau of Statistics website. The website contains the Statistical Yearbooks for 2010 and 2009, a report on poverty from the National Baseline Household Survey (2009), a report on priority results from the 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census, as well as other survey and statistical reports. Time coverage of the data varies on the site with most indicators available for 2008 and 2009. Some time series go back as far as 2003 and there are also indicators with data for 2010. The website also provides the following introduction to the National Bureau of Statistics:

The National Bureau of Statistics, formerly known as Southern Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) is the official statistical agency of the Government of South Sudan. It is mandated by the Transitional Constitution to collect, analyze and disseminate all official economic, social and demographic statistics.

Under the provisions of the CPA and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, SSCCSE was assigned responsibility for conducting the Southern Sudan section of the 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census in 2008. While the 2008 Census remains the largest undertaking by the SSCCSE, it has carried out other large nationally representative surveys, most notably the 2006 and 2010 rounds of the Sudan Household Health Survey (SHHS) and the National Baseline Household Survey (NBHS), 2009. It has also carried out other statistical activities as evidenced by the publication of the annual statistical yearbooks in 2009 and 2010.