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Key facts
- Currency: South African rand
- Capital city: Pretoria
- Region: Southern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 1,213,090 km²
- Population: 59,893,885
- Political Leader: Cyril Ramaphosa (President)
Latest news (see all)
South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
Read: The Star
2024-04-19
How Migration Became an Election Issue for South Africa, New Zealand and Peru
Read: Bloomberg
2024-04-17
'Wrecking ball' ex-president Jacob Zuma upends South Africa election
Read: Financial Times
2024-04-15
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General information
Business
| Central government debt | 75.42 % of GDP |
| Expense | 34.16 % of GDP |
| GDP | 405,271,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 7.04 annual % |
| Self-employed | 28.99 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 25.85 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 28.40 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 24.22 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 963,410.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 2.66 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 393,242.00 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 92.71 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 0.32 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 5.53 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 0.07 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 1.93 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -14.48 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 2.37 births per woman |
| Forest area | 170,137 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 86.79 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 49,022.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 23.30 years |
| Methane emissions | 72,213.20 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 17,993.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 30,725,879 |
| Male Population | 29,168,006 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 9.76 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 1,204,430.00 km² |
| Rural population | 18,965,399 |
| Urban land area | 15,118.70 km² |
| Urban population | 40,928,486 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.11 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 19.82 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 11.43 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 489.64 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 8.58 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 4.19 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 2.30 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 62 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 23.50 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 89.30 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 72.31 % of population |
| Net migration | 58,496 |
| Press freedom | 3.52 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 89,000 |
| Democracy score | 7.24 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 0.74 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 46.50 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
