South Sudan unemployment rate was last reported at 12% in 2008 and currently the average un employment also still stands at 12%. Unemployment Rate in South Sudan is reported by the SSNBS, South Sudan. Around Juba unemployment runs high in the capital, where young men just hang around and pass time in the shade of trees. Youth unemployment remains high, a concern in a country with a large and restive youth demographic
Types of unemployment
Structural Unemployment
Structural unemployment results when workers possess skills that aren’t in high demand in the marketplace and lack skills that are in high demand
Causes of unemployment
Corruption within the government has been rampant
South Sudanese tend to shy away from certain jobs
Culture: There are particular jobs South Sudanese don’t like, just because some cultures believe they are not supposed to do them, for instance; cleaner and carpenter
Inadequate skills and vocations for jobs that have consequently been taken up by foreigners
South Sudanese lack the experience and right attitude to work.
Also lack of discipline to work