South Sudan Urban Development Indicators from World Bank and UN

World Bank Group data on urbanization and city services in South Sudan. The dataset likely contains indicators on urban growth, traffic, congestion, and air pollution, sourced from the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, and other international bodies. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Model urban population growth based on United Nations demographic data mentioned in the description
• Assess the relationship between city density and access to water and sanitation services as described
• Analyze environmental strain from urbanization using air pollution and congestion indicators referenced
• Compare the cost of meeting basic needs across different urban scales as discussed in the description

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative international organizations like the World Bank and United Nations.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.
• A consolidated country dataset for South Sudan is available on the HDX platform, suggesting potential for cross-indicator analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group, United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, International Road Federation, World Resources Institute.

Collection Method

Aggregated from the World Bank data portal and other international sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 11:24:35.210811; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan