South Africa Analytics

South Africa is a large country with 0.8% of the world's population. South Africa is a democratic republic country. It has 10 world heritage sites. It is rich in resources such as 4.5% of Fluorite and 9.2% of Diamonds.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. English : 5,800,000
2. Northern Sotho : 4,700,000

Mother Tongue : English

Literacy Rate (%) : 95

Details

Country Capital	:	Pretoria
GDP Per capita	:	15,728
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	93^rd/195
Life Expectancy	:	62
Unemployment Rate	:	33
Number of Internet Users	:	42,480,000
Internet Users Rank	:	24^th/195
Area	:	1,220,806
Area Rank	:	23^rd/195
Total Population	:	59,392
Total Population Rank	:	24^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 33

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South Africa Highlights

South Africa is the 24^th ranked country in population and 23^rd ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. South Africa is the 1^st highest ranked in Sugarcane prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of a more fertile land, suitable for producing high quantities of sugarcane, or the country being a large exporter of sugar as compared to other countries.
2. The average Flourite prod. of 195 countries in the world is 231,501. South Africa is the 3^rd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country has a robust aluminium/steel/ceramics industry or may be a huge exporter of Flourite.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 6^th highest ranked in Unemployed Labour Force. . This implies adequacy of job availability in this country when compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. South Africa is the 94^th worst ranked in Rice prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of less focus on the production of rice, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
2. The average Natural Gas Prod. of the countries in the world is 216,389. South Africa is the 102^nd worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that natural resources are scarce in this country when compared to other countries, and it may be a huge importer of such resources.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 103^rd worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

South Africa Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Northern Sotho	# People	24,102	1	1127
2	Sotho	# People	33,988	1	1125
3	Swazi	# People	11,794	1	1126
4	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1128
5	Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers	% People	0	1	1125
6	Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers	% People	0	1	1130
7	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1127
8	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1129
9	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1129
10	Ndebele	# People	20,528	2	1127
11	Venda	# People	15,384	2	1127
12	Xhosa	# People	12,820	2	1127
13	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1125
14	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1125
15	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1127
16	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1125
17	English	# People	3,174,835	10	1128
18	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	11	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	31	1233
2	Swahili	# People	104,667	16	1232
3	Telugu	# People	536,655	14	1230
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1129
2	Christian Population	# People	11,763,461	15	1130
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	31	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	78	1233
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	126	33	1233
3	Jewish Population	# People	77,566	12	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Sugarcane prod.	Weight	2,422,324	1	1127
2	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	5	2	1128
3	Flourite prod.	Weight	231,501	3	1127
4	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	25	1130
5	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	30	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	113	1233
2	Rice prod.	Weight	6,871,329	102	1231
3	Natural Gas Prod.	Mass	216,389	77	1233
4	Oil Prod.		4,369,531	86	1235
5	Tree density .	Density	828	75	1231
6	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	1	73	1231
7	Honey prod.	Weight	14,821	72	1231
8	Barley prod.	Weight	1,558,004	45	1235
9	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	2	46	1233
10	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Weight	833,178	43	1235
11	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	1	44	1234
12	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	40	1235
13	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1231
14	Wheat prod.	Weight	6,681,335	39	1234
15	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	1	40	1232
16	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	1	26	1231
17	Soyabean prod.	Weight	3,628,152	11	1234
18	Uranium prod.	Weight	2,543	11	1234
19	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	2	12	1230
20	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	10	12	1232
21	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1235
22	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1230
23	Diamond prod.	Weight	10	4	1231
24	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	20	5	1232
25	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	8	4	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	2	1129
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	3,296,469	6	1128
3	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	28	1130
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	75	1128
5	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	79	1125
6	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	79	1125
7	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	97	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	118	1234
2	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	86	1234
3	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	82	1231
4	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	83	1235
5	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	78	1231
6	Employment in Agriculture	# People	10,466,926	31	1232
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	28,805,473	29	1230
8	Employment in Services	# People	19,494,546	28	1235
9	Formal Jobs	# People	20,455,444	25	1230
10	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	23	1233
11	Labour Force Participation	# People	23,249,057	24	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	10	1126
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1129
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	3	18	1129
4	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	20	1126
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	23	1127
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	24	1126
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	29	1129
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	32	1128
9	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	79	1128
10	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	136	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	119	1232
2	# Cities>100000	# Cities	42	32	1235
3	Rural Pop.	# People	36,027,518	30	1230
4	# Cities>300000	# Cities	14	26	1231
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	8	26	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	10	1126
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	17	1128

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	1	16	1127
2	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	74	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1230
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	1	76	1232
3	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	19	1233
4	Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. %	% People	1	13	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Police Officers	# People	138,224	22	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	138	1235
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	1	73	1235
3	Total Military Force	# People	353,432	73	1231
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1235
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	51	1233
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	1	51	1231
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	129	27	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	24	1127
2	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	24	1126
3	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	24	1130
4	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	25	1125
5	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	32	1130
6	Total Deaths	# People (In Thousands)	355	20	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	163	1233
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	94	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	24	1130
2	Facebook users	# People	16,391,045	24	1129
3	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	67	107	1127
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	118	1233
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	54	115	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1130
2	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	38	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	112	1230
2	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	94	1235
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	25,265	93	1231
4	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	41	1234
5	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	40	1232
6	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	1	36	1230
7	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	37	1230
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	37	1233
9	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	37	1231
10	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1232
11	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	10,566	9	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1230
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1235
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1234
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1233
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1233
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1235
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1232
8	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	36	1235
9	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	35	1232
10	Total Literate Pop.	# People	68,251,097	25	1230
11	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	23	1235
12	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	19	1230
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1233
14	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	18	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	163	1232

South Africa Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	English	9.77 %
2	Northern Sotho	7.91 %
3	Sotho	7.73 %
4	Swazi	3.87 %
5	Venda	2.19 %
6	Ndebele	2.14 %
7	Xhosa	1.35 %
8	Standard Chinese	0.04 %
9	Telugu	0.01 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Benoni	178,997
2	Bloemfontein	523,767
3	Botshabelo	204,840
4	Cape Town	3,867,941
5	Carletonville	168,088
6	Durban	3,140,799
7	East London	333,245
8	Embalenhle	134,042
9	Evaton	682,611
10	George	177,445
11	Johannesburg	8,861,879
12	Kimberley	253,879
13	Klerksdorp	213,633
14	Ladysmith	134,944
15	Mdantsane	193,341
16	Middelburg	184,660
17	Mthatha	155,123
18	Newcastle	328,623
19	Paarl	222,877
20	Pietermaritzburg	535,717
21	Polokwane	256,360
22	Port Elizabeth	988,010
23	Potchefstroom	167,750
24	Pretoria	1,987,858
25	Rustenburg	351,621
26	Sasolburg	127,842
27	Somerset West	211,942
28	Soshanguve	820,824
29	Stanger	151,629
30	Uitenhage	273,834
31	Vereeniging	426,026
32	Welkom	237,871
33	Witbank	351,395