Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
109
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
8.9
last 90 days
Civilians
0%
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
2
Population
12.2 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level5
- +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
- +28.5 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
- +15 critical internet-connectivity alerts in 24 hoursIODA, Georgia Tech
- +12.5 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR
- +1Compound crisis: official travel advice, internet outages, food insecurity, mass displacement at the same timeARMSMA situation watch
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Violence deaths, 30 days
49
—
Violence incidents, 30 days
1
—
Internet outage alerts, 24 h
5
Travel advice level (FCDO)
4
People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
8 500 000
Refugees who fled
2 510 483
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
South Sudan, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 100%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- 8.5 M
- 2026-08
- Share in food crisis
- 70%
- 2026-08
- Undernourishment
- 22.3%
- 2023
- Refugees who fled
- 2,510,483
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 605,064
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- 1,277,527
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 60
- 2026-09-28
- GDP per person
- $1,080
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).
FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis
Latest incidents of organised violence2
| Date | Place | Sides | Deaths | Civilians | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | Tonj North county | Unidentified armed group (South Sudan) — Unidentified armed group (South Sudan) | 49 | 0 | Reuters News |
| 2026-08-09 | Alabek Payam in Warrap State, at around 4:00 am Sunday morning, result | Unidentified armed group (South Sudan) — Unidentified armed group (South Sudan) | 60 | 0 | Agence France Presse |
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days1
- Unidentified armed groups (South Sudan)109
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS