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🇿🇦 South Africa
Republic of South Africa
ZAF ZA R South African rand (ZAR)
Every statistic we track for South Africa — 126 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$16,740
60.4 yrs
5.01
0.63
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📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 2.2 | #94/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 28.9 | #145/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 51 | #24/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 64 | #24/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 53.6 | #163/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 1,319 | #101/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 63.7% | #109/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 87.7% | #162/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 78.4% | #102/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 160.7 | #20/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 45.2% | #35/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 31.1% | #49/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 8.5 | #57/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 3.5 | #53/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 8.8% | #50/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 44.1% | #37/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 24.4 | #58/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 60.4 | #164/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 64.3 | #162/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 21.1 | #8/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 23.5% | #63/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 10% | #55/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 74 | #91/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 6.1% | #12/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 10.5 | #57/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 6.9 | #36/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 1,939 | #58/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 12.5% | #142/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 42% | #24/48 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 78 | #21/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 74% | #3/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 50% | #9/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 45.2% | #10/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 32.5 | #9/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 24.5 | #20/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 85.8% | #75/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 23.4% | #123/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 3.1 | #56/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 29.5% | #56/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 16.2% | #14/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 5.1 | #58/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 47.2 | #104/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 9.5 | #58/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 85.6% | #11/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5 | #101/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.8 | #103/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.5 | #87/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #110/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.1 | #141/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #120/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.3 | #77/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.7 | #106/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 15.5% | #33/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 79.9% | #89/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 82.3% | #55/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 65 | #17/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 20.6% | #24/27 | 2020 |
| Masculinity | 63 | #18/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 49 | #44/65 | 2010 |
| Signed a Petition | 14.6% | #66/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 9.3% | #70/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 5.5 | #23/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.2 | #48/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.8 | #15/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 52.1% | #131/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 51.1% | #117/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.5 | #52/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 49 | #50/65 | 2010 |
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