Cost of Living inMalakal, South Sudan
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Income Category
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for South Sudan yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Malakal. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Malakal is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in South Sudan.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and country-level outcomes are weaker weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
41/100
2023
Physicians
0.04/1k
2022
Hospital beds
0.00/1k
2025
Out of pocket
27%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
57.7 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
692/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
39.5/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in South Sudan yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Malakal, South Sudan · Source: GDP-derived estimate (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Malakal compared with the US?
Your money goes about 5.3x further in Malakal than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
About Malakal
Malakal lies in northeastern South Sudan on the White Nile, serving as the capital of Upper Nile State and a historic river-trade junction near the Sudanese border. It is a secondary city in a country whose economy depends heavily on oil produced in the surrounding region, and much of Malakal's recent population has been shaped by displacement from the civil conflict that began in 2013, including a long-running UN Protection of Civilians site. The climate is hot and tropical with a pronounced wet season. Infrastructure remains limited, with intermittent electricity and river transport more reliable than roads, so relocation here is realistic mainly for humanitarian, NGO, and oil-sector staff rather than independent movers.
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