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South Sudan

Africa · Eastern Africa
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South Sudan is a sovereign state in Eastern Africa, Africa. It covers 619,745 km² and has a population of approximately 15,786,898. It is a landlocked country. Its official language is English and its currency is the South Sudanese pound (£).

Quick facts

Capital
Juba
Population
15,786,898
Area
619,745 km²
Currency
South Sudanese pound (£)
Languages
English
Calling code
+211
TLD
.ss
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
Yes
Continents
Africa
Timezone
UTC+03:00
Native name
South Sudan

Bordering countries

Appears in 315 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #1 41280.74
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #2 3.24
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #43 33.09
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #57 86.50
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #65 341178402.53
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #112 56.55
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #124 13.50
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #130 4397355862.6
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #131 3970616419.73
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #134 3970616419.73
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #137 10377844986.4
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #137 6784810471.12
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #138 8655235712.47
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #139 4397355862.6
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #141 9.27
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #141 8655235712.47
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #142 10377844986.4
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #143 741087577.27
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #144 11067809278.06
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #144 975614330.69
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #144 17864823293.41
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #145 11997800760.22
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #146 11067809278.06
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #146 18,790,098,000
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #146 6784810471.12
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #148 92.25
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #148 20061916933.68
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #149 4657.95
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #150 3467364408.19
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #150 424035514.12
Countries by GDP (current US$) #150 11997800760.22
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #151 16,655,184,400
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #151 2,134,913,600
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #151 3467364408.19
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #151 6013647133.68
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #151 11669229567.33
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #153 424035514.12
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #153 14,310,895,700
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #154 5,290,688,500
Countries by GNI (current US$) #154 10522802563.68
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #155 689964291.66
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #155 689964291.66
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #155 4,741,828,200
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #156 80651255.21
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #156 7.04
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #156 6.18
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #157 689964291.66
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #158 175834963.95
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #159 4.98in billions
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #159 565,010,500
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #159 24,453,813,900
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #159 7.04
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #159 12827976279.33
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #159 1608.35per capita
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #160 689964291.66
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #160 11250917095.27
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #161 1,938,322,600
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #161 9,040,490,100
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #164 1,528,308,800
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #166 0.65
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #167 15,986,592,400
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #169 5.75
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #169 3.53
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #170 43.59
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #174 29.83
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #174 5.75
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #176 36.36
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #183 1.76
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #183 1,050per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #187 1080.15per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #198 1,010per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #200 1154.89per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #206 1439.25per capita

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by population growth rate #1 0.06
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #1 40.2
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #1 66.8
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #1 72.6
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #1 78.3
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #2 88.10
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #3 61.30
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #3 692per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #5 93.4
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #5 98.7
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #5 104.3
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #7 36.7per capita
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #8 356.25
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #9 247.48
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #18 254.08
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #20 22.30
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #22 2,300
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #25 30.00
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #27 32.10
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #28 27.80
Countries by Number of infant deaths #33 23,275
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #33 31,441
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #33 42.20
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #36 28.59
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #38 13,196
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) #39 81.00
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #43 10.75
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #45 69
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #45 9.61
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #60 117.3per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #63 154.2per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #63 134.5per capita
Countries by population #80 12.19
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #80 12.06per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #84 3.85per capita
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #84 7.89per capita
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urban (% of urban population) #87 34.71
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population) #88 18.43
Countries by People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water (% of population) #99 21.94
Countries by Newborns protected against tetanus (%) #100 63.00
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #110 4.00
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #110 4.30
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #111 4.50
Countries by Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) #121 50.00
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #122 71.00
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #157 73.00
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #166 8.04
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #170 32.50
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #170 37.66
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #174 31
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #178 45
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #181 27.94
Countries by UHC service coverage index #181 41
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #182 66.14
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #185 30
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #187 42
Countries by population density #202 19.54
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #210 14.43
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #212 39.75
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #212 60.63years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #212 57.62years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #213 54.64years
Countries by median age #216 17.97

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #12 63.38
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #15 1,617,076,124
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #56 44.93
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #63 37.69
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #66 1,010,372,300
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #74 31.20
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #86 1138504150.39
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #115 1,168,638,100
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #128 160,056,500
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #128 4,014,500,000
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #128 13.37
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #138 4,498,973,000
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #139 4,664,033,000
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #141 165,060,000
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #146 5,002,040,400
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #147 4,443,128,000
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #151 2,251,420,000
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #157 890,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #162 652,224,622
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #164 3.88
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #175 31.92
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #176 1,184,000,000
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #178 1,281,877,629
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #189 0.93
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #197 14.19

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #34 34.19
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #47 30.74
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #64 29.33
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #94 2359.09per capita
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #117 36.47
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #123 15.40
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #126 2.53
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #128 0.66
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #129 4.23

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #7 0.28
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #30 0.16
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #42 8.23
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #57 1.17
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #64 2027890373.1USD
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #64 1.96
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #123 6
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #137 8
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #140 0.25
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #144 8
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #145 7
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #159 5
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #189 3
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #193 0.00
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #193 8.82
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #194 7.58
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #196 0.00
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #197 3.79
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #197 0.47
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #197 2.94
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #199 0.00
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #200 0.00
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #202 0.00
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #203 -2.14
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #203 0.94
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #203 1.89
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #203 0.94
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #203 3.77
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #204 2.36
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #205 -1.97
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #205 0.00
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #205 1.89
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #205 0.00

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #2 41.07
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #7 77.83
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #10 80.34
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #11 62.17
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #11 63.76
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #12 80.26
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #14 82.55
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #14 49.60
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #16 65.42
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #18 91.85
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #22 82.80
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #23 12.37
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #24 84.85
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #25 11.17
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #28 60.82
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #29 13.59
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #41 64.33
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #72 68.08
Countries by Labor force, total #86 5,070,344
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #139 2.50
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #159 35.80
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #163 15.15
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #166 33.28
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #166 34.57
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #173 17.45
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #177 19.66
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #183 1.31
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #186 2.02
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #186 1.67

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #1 94.20
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #4 2,290,622
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #8 78.62
Countries by Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country (%) #17 6.47
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #31 3.86
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #32 66.99
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #37 72.14
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #39 32,841
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #57 32.36
Countries by Rural population #59 9,390,287
Countries by International migrant stock, total #63 914,001
Countries by Population, female #80 6,069,044
Countries by Population, total #80 11,943,408
Countries by Population, male #82 5,874,364
Countries by Urban population #128 2,553,121
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #145 67.5
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #177 1.03
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #189 18.17km²
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #194 5.15
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #209 21.38

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #53 117.91
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #62 114.76
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #63 71,570km²
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #70 10.36
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #76 2489233.3
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #78 44.86
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #98 900years
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #102 1,086,000
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #113 47,050
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #125 1242375561.84
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #130 1242375561.84
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #142 4,477,770,000
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #144 1,655,413,800
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #149 3.94
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #157 11.33
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #162 983.6
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #163 50

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #9 65.35
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #20 2163.1
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #45 0.67
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #46 158.05
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #49 126.74
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #68 2504703858099.18
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #170 0.17
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #171 6.64
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #175 -1078293666537.33
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #176 72880855.22
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #176 72880855.22
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #178 2.30

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #161 40
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #161 40
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #173 57.54
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #173 57.54
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #188 27.12
Countries by SPI Overall Score #188 27.12
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #189 8.33
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #189 9.74
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #189 8.33
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #189 9.74
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #211 20
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #211 20

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #122 5,353,000
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #175 16.38
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #202 46.62per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #204 200
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #207 0.001742per capita
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #208 0

Development

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Net official flows from UN agencies, UNFPA (current US$) #5 6918550.01

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #185 0.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #189 0.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #189 0.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #195 0.34
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #208 1.80
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #214 5.40

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by land area #44 619,745km²
Countries by highest elevation #46 3,187m
Countries by lowest elevation #115 381m
Countries by Coastline Length #217 0kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #19 11.05
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #88 469,000,000
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #192 1,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #193 1,000,000

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