Sub-Saharan Africa · Upper middle income · ZAF
South Africa
21,232 datasets on South Africa from ILO, World Bank, fao, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, WHO, IMF, Eurostat, Ember, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UCDP, UNHCR, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
427.18B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
6597.71
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
1.11
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
3.21
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
64.75M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
66.31
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
35.10
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
32.39
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
17.40
percent · 2022 · World Bank
Access to electricity
90.20
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
78.36
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
95.33
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
31.41
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
82.76
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
8.91
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
6.88
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO7,677 series
- World Bank5,219 series
- fao4,746 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics3,137 series
- WHO185 series
- IMF125 series
- Eurostat81 series
- Ember39 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UCDP5 series
- UNHCR4 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for South Africa, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.