Basic Statistics of South Africa, 2023
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2023) |
63.2 |
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Population density per km² (2023) |
52.1 |
(39.2) |
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Under 15 (%, 2023) |
26.1 |
(16.9) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2022) |
61.5 |
(80.6) |
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Over 65 (%, 2023) |
6.5 |
(18.2) |
Men (2022) |
58.6 |
(78.0) |
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International migrant stock (% of population) |
4.1 |
(15.7) |
Women (2022) |
64.2 |
(83.2) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.5 |
(0.4) |
Latest general election |
May-2024 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%, 2023) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
400.3 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
2.9 |
(2.7) |
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In current prices (billion ZAR) |
7 336.2 |
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Industry including construction |
27.4 |
(27.1) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
0.3 |
(1.7) |
Services |
69.7 |
(70.2) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP, 2023)² |
15.2 |
(59.0) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Bitmap Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure (OECD: 2023) |
36.0 |
(42.4) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
76.4 |
(110.6) |
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Revenue (OECD: 2023) |
30.5 |
(37.9) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
73.4 |
(67.2) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (ZAR per USD) |
18.33 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
7.41 |
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Stone and Glass |
18.8 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Minerals |
16.4 |
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Exports of goods and services |
31.8 |
(30.5) |
Transportation |
12.2 |
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Imports of goods and services |
29.9 |
(30.1) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
-0.6 |
(-0.3) |
Machinery and electronics |
22.5 |
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Net international investment position |
28.2 |
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Fuels |
19.4 |
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Miscellaneous |
12.0 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
37.4 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
32.6 |
(4.9) |
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Men (2023, OECD: 2024) |
43.0 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
60.1 |
(11.1) |
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Women (2023, OECD: 2024) |
32.1 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, OECD: 2023) |
24.6 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2023, OECD: 2024) |
55.0 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
13.9 |
(41.0) |
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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2022) |
0.6 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
2.0 |
(3.7) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2021) |
0.3 |
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Renewables (%, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
4.7 |
(12.5) |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 g/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020) |
99.5 |
(56.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2017, OECD: latest available) |
0.618 |
(0.316) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
44.7 |
(33.3) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2017, OECD: 2022) |
27.7 |
(11.7) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2017, OECD: 2021) |
5.4 |
(30.0) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Health care (2021, OECD: 2023) |
8.3 |
(9.2) |
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Education (public spending, % of GNI, 2021) |
6.5 |
(4.4) |
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¹ The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries. ² OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.