Country
South Africa
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Pretoria
- ISO code
- ZA · ZAF
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 64.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 13,592 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 66.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 6.9 t CO₂
Population
- Population 64.7M 2025 24th of 214
- Population density 53 people/km² 2024 147th of 212
- Population growth 1.15 % per year 2025 92nd of 214
- Natural increase 9.5 per 1,000 people 2023 98th of 228
- Net migration 2.3 per 1,000 people 2025 44th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.20 births per woman 2024 93rd of 214
- Urban population 63.8 % 2025 109th of 214
- Median age 28.2 years 2023 139th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 6.9 % 2025 123rd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 10.2 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 126th of 214
- Children under 15 25.7 % 2025 90th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 66.3 years 2024 180th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 69.8 years 2024 174th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 62.8 years 2024 186th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.0 years 2024 33rd of 214
- Infant mortality 24.2 per 1,000 births 2024 58th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 35.1 per 1,000 births 2024 53rd of 195
- Maternal mortality 118 per 100,000 births 2023 59th of 193
- Health spending per person 537 USD 2023 83rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,354 $ (PPP) 2023 82nd of 191
- Physicians 0.79 per 1,000 people 2022 112th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.2 per 1,000 people 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 76 % 2024 153rd of 191
- Undernourishment 11.2 % 2024 48th of 165
- Tobacco use 23.7 % 2024 54th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,694 kcal per day 2023 126th of 175
- Meat supply 58.3 kg per person per year 2023 87th of 175
Economy
- GDP 427B USD 2025 39th of 185
- GDP per capita 6,598 USD 2025 104th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 13,592 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 109th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 11,416 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 90th of 165
- GDP growth 1.1 % 2025 153rd of 185
- GDP per capita growth -0.0 % 2025 160th of 185
- Inflation 3.2 % 2025 82nd of 169
- Unemployment 32.4 % 2025 2nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 59.9 % 2025 2nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 34.6 % 2024 17th of 150
- Trade 62 % of GDP 2024 116th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 54.1 2022 5th of 151
- Extreme poverty 17.4 % 2022 39th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 2.8 % of GDP 2024 126th of 187
- Women in the labour force 49.9 % 2025 118th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.741 2023 106th of 192
- Literacy rate 91.2 % 2024 62nd of 122
- Education spending 6.2 % of GDP 2022 19th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 104 % 2023 37th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 23 % 2023 99th of 127
- Primary completion rate 95 % 2023 70th of 135
- Women in parliament 44.9 % 2025 16th of 183
- Homicide rate 33.0 per 100,000 people 2020 4th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 78 % 2024 102nd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 172 per 100 people 2023 12th of 172
- Fixed broadband 3.4 per 100 people 2023 122nd of 169
- Access to electricity 90.2 % 2024 158th of 212
- Safe drinking water 68 % 2024 89th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 74 % 2024 59th of 140
- Research and development 0.61 % of GDP 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 440.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 15th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 6.9 t CO₂ 2024 35th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 6.87 t CO₂ 2024 42nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 22.8 Gt CO₂ 2024 13th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 8.9 t CO₂e 2024 38th of 201
- Forest area 18.8 % of land 2024 132nd of 208
- Water stress 68 % 2022 25th of 176
- Arable land 9.9 % of land 2024 104th of 205
- Renewable energy 9.7 % of final energy 2021 146th of 210
- Renewable electricity 12.5 % of electricity 2024 142nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 3.2 % of electricity 2024 27th of 193
- Electricity from coal 83.6 % of electricity 2024 4th of 193
- Electricity from wind 4.5 % of electricity 2024 51st of 193
- Electricity from solar 7.4 % of electricity 2024 61st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 718 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 10th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 3,867 kWh 2024 75th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 27.7 µg/m³ 2023 55th of 199
South Africa on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa +8 · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSouth African rand (ZAR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, M, N · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world8 national dishes
- Plants of the world15 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map2 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map5 ghost stories and haunted places
- UFO sightings map2 UFO sightings and unexplained cases
- VPN provider mapServers of 34 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)