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IndicatorZAFSouth AfricaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #40
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile44rank #95
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.65rank #31
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.52rank #46
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #43
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile46.9rank #120
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.86rank #40
Military spending% GDP0.7%rank #129
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.47rank #43
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile55.4rank #153
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile53.9rank #95
Rule of Law0-100 percentile57.3rank #98
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.69rank #62
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.74rank #32
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.63rank #36
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile67.5rank #59
Women in parliament% seats44.9%rank #15
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #45
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment5.4%rank #126
Agriculture value added% GDP2.8%rank #112
Annual working hours per workerhours2,181.4rank #30
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker151,098.4rank #83
Current account balance% GDP-0.42%rank #43
Employment-to-population ratio%37.5%rank #168
External debt stocks% GNI44.8%rank #57
FDI net inflows% GDP-0.51%rank #88
GDPcurrent US$427.18Brank #39
GDP growth%1.1%rank #154
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$6,597.7rank #104
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $13,592rank #109
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $13,694rank #106
Government expenditure% GDP33.4%rank #37
Gross capital formation% GDP13.9%rank #121
Gross savings% GDP12.9%rank #68
High-technology exports% manuf. exports5.7%rank #76
Human capital indexindex2.9rank #60
Industry value added% GDP24.1%rank #84
Inflation%3.2%rank #86
Labour force participation rate%55.6%rank #134
Personal remittances received% GDP0.24%rank #77
R&D expenditure% GDP0.61%rank #46
Researchers in R&Dper million444.2rank #65
Tax revenue% GDP25.9%rank #10
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.55rank #78
Trade openness% GDP60.9%rank #91
Unemployment% labor force32.4%rank #180
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%32.6%rank #180
Vulnerable employment% employment11.7%rank #46
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2459.9%rank #180
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2459.6%rank #180
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop90.2%rank #115
Basic sanitation access% pop77.4%rank #123
Child mortalityper 1003.5rank #107
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,693.9rank #127
DTP3 immunization coverage%74%rank #26
Health spending% GDP8.9%rank #46
Infant mortalityper 1k births24.2rank #96
Life expectancyyears66.3rank #183
Maternal mortalityper 100k118rank #62
Measles immunization% children76%rank #24
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%76%rank #24
Physiciansper 1k0.79rank #75
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m327.7rank #146
Road traffic deathsper 100k22.2rank #91
Smoking prevalence% adults23.7%rank #86
Suicide mortality rateper 100k22.3rank #173
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k389rank #140
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births35.1rank #144
Undernourishment% pop10%rank #35
Education
Adult literacy%91.2%rank #19
Education spending% GDP6%rank #9
Expected years of schoolingyears13.8rank #91
Mean years of schoolingyears11.6rank #51
Primary completion rate% relevant age95.3%rank #72
Primary enrollment% gross101.8%rank #66
Secondary enrollment% gross104.1%rank #37
Tertiary enrollment% gross23.5%rank #99
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00018.5rank #83
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.2rank #94
Median age of populationyears28.2rank #127
Net migration rateper 1,0003.6rank #47
Populationpeople64.75Mrank #24
Population growth%1.1%rank #93
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years70.3rank #184
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands79,177.3rank #23
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age48.4rank #163
Urban population%63.8%rank #100
Climate
CO₂ emissionst439.83Mrank #15
CO₂ per capitat6.9rank #40
Electricity access% pop90.2%rank #30
Electricity from coal% generation81.4%rank #60
Electricity from hydro% generation0.75%rank #74
Electricity from solar% generation8%rank #39
Electricity from wind% generation4.7%rank #44
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita3,247.1rank #65
Forest area% land14%rank #147
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita6.1rank #118
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh699rank #87
Renewable electricity%13.6%rank #73
Renewable energy share%9.7%rank #130
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e383.8rank #168
Society
Asylum seekerspeople2,575rank #89
Extreme poverty% pop17.4%rank #38
Female labor participation%49.9%rank #118
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1005.3rank #109
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #28
Gender Inequality Index0-10.39rank #85
Gini indexindex54.1rank #57
Homicide rateper 100k43.7rank #103
Human Development Index0-10.74rank #84
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.48rank #100
Internet users% pop78.4%rank #100
Life satisfaction0-105rank #98
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.69rank #58
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #143
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.08rank #107
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.25rank #136
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.52rank #149
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people55,177rank #61
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people1,319rank #77
Youth NEET rate%34.9%rank #166
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year361rank #20
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths1rank #2
Hazard & exposure0-106.2rank #54
Human hazard & exposure0-107.8rank #57
INFORM risk score0-105.1rank #40
Lack of coping capacity0-104.9rank #40
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.4rank #30
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.1rank #40
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year17rank #10
Socio-economic vulnerability0-104.1rank #42
Vulnerability0-104.3rank #32
Vulnerable groups0-104.4rank #39
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