LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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South Sudan

108 recorded engagements by South Sudan's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 2011–2025.

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108Engagements
102Visits
3Phone calls
3Video conferences
10Signed agreements
28Destination countries
25Officials recorded
44Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 2011 and 2025, South Sudan's leaders recorded 108 engagements: 102 in-person visits, 3 phone calls and 3 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2023, with 15 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (19 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and Sudan. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 95% of engagements. 10 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 44 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Salva Kiir Mayardit (President), with 58 engagements between 2011 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for South Sudan, 2011–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

2011: 4 engagements2012: 5 engagements2013: 5 engagements2014: 7 engagements2015: 5 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 5 engagements2018: 9 engagements2019: 12 engagements2020: 4 engagements2021: 7 engagements2022: 6 engagements2023: 15 engagements2024: 11 engagements2025: 10 engagements2011201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America19
  • Ethiopia12
  • Sudan10
  • Egypt8
  • Kenya7
  • Uganda6
  • China5
  • Tanzania5
  • Djibouti5
  • South Africa4
  • Rwanda3
  • Russia3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations103
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs49
  • Trade and Economic Relations48
  • International Conflicts and Crises47
  • Security and Defense18
  • Energy15
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation3
  • Science, Technology and Innovation1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [South Sudan country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/south-sudan.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by South Sudan's own officials.