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South Africa AI Report

Date: November 29, 2025

South Africa is a large country with 0.8% of the world's population. South Africa is a democratic, republic country. It has 12 world heritage sites. It is rich in resources and has 4.5% Fluorite and 9.2% Diamonds of the world.

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.

Flourite prod.

Urban Population (2021)

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 3^rd highest ranked in Flourite prod. . This implies that the country has a robust aluminium/steel/ceramics industry or may be a huge exporter of Flourite.

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 3^rd highest ranked in Unemployed Labour Force. . This implies adequacy of job availability in this country when compared to other countries.

The Average Formal Jobs of 195 countries in the world is 10,605,934. South Africa is the 18^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country is highly urbanised or may imply that the unemployment rate is less compared to other countries

The Average Urban Population (2021) of 195 countries in the world is 23,726,053. South Africa is the 20^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that there is higher economic development or may imply that the formal economy of the country is more compared to other countries

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Rice prod.

Natural Gas Prod.

Oil Prod.

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 91^st worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 94^th worst ranked in Rice prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of rice, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

The Average Natural Gas Prod. of 195 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.

The Average Oil Prod. of 195 countries in the world is 4,369,531. South Africa is the 108^th 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.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Northern Sotho	# People	24,102	1	1127
2	Sotho	# People	33,988	1	1126
3	Swazi	# People	11,794	1	1129
4	Tsonga	# People	20,967	1	1127
5	Tswana	# People	36,401	1	1130
6	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1128
7	Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers	% People	0	1	1127
8	Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers	% People	0	1	1127
9	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1129
10	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1129
11	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1125
12	Ndebele	# People	20,528	2	1130
13	Venda	# People	15,384	2	1126
14	Xhosa	# People	12,820	2	1127
15	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1126
16	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1127
17	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1126
18	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1126
19	English	# People	3,175,743	10	1127
20	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	11	1127
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	31	1235
2	Swahili	# People	104,667	16	1232
3	Telugu	# People	536,655	14	1235
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1128
2	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	14	1129
3	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	14	1130
4	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	27	1128
5	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	66	1129
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1233
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	76	1235
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	77	1233
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	36	1234
5	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1234
6	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1232
7	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	24	1234
8	Jewish Population	# People	78,295	11	1233
9	Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. %	% People	0	11	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	2	1130
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	3	1125
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	18	1129
4	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	23	1129
5	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	25	1125
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	25	1130
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	25	1125
8	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	44	1125
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	74	1129
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	74	1127
11	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	74	1127
12	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	88	1126
13	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	94	1125
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	84	1234
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	84	1233
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	76	1232
4	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	29	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	3	1128
2	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	3	1127
3	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	6	1125
4	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	6	1130
5	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	7	1125
6	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	7	1129
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	12	1129
8	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	12	1126
9	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	12	1126
10	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	12	1129
11	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	13	1128
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	13	1125
13	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	14	1129
14	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	14	1129
15	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	28	1125
16	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	28	1127
17	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	30	1125
Below World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	113	1233
2	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	102	1231
3	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	216,389	77	1232
4	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	4,369,531	86	1233
5	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	77	1232
6	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	77	1233
7	Tree density .	Density	828	75	1232
8	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	50	1232
9	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	50	1232
10	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	46	1231
11	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	46	1231
12	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	46	1230
13	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	45	1233
14	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1233
15	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	40	1235
16	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1232
17	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	40	1233
18	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	39	1233
19	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	38	1233
20	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	32	1232
21	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	32	1231
22	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	27	1230
23	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	27	1233
24	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	25	1234
25	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	25	1233
26	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	13	1231
27	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	13	1230
28	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	12	1235
29	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	12	1234
30	Uranium prod.	Tons	2,516	11	1235
31	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	5	11	1234
32	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1235
33	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1234
34	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	4	1232
35	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	4	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1127
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1127
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	17	1128
4	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	20	1130
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	20	1126
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	24	1127
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	25	1128
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	25	1130
9	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	29	1126
10	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	29	1130
11	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	31	1126
12	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	32	1127
13	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	77	1126
14	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	139	1127
15	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	26	1129
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	119	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	10	1130
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	17	1127

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	18	1128
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	18	1125
3	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	23	1130
4	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	30	1125
5	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	30	1126
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	30	1127
7	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	35	1127
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	108	1127
Below World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	125	1234
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	125	1232
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	124	1232
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	124	1233
5	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	122	1235
6	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	117	1232
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	105	1233
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	99	1235
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	73	1230
10	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	68	1230
11	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	35	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Police Officers	# People	138,224	22	1128
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	140	1235
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	71	1232
3	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	73	1235
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1230
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	51	1233
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	50	1232
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	34	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	23	1127
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1126
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1232
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1235
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1232
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1234
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1235
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1230
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1235
8	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	36	1234
9	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	35	1234
10	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1232
11	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	18	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	24	1126
2	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	24	1127
3	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	24	1129
4	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	24	1129
5	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	38	1126
6	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	83	1129
7	Total Deaths	# People (In Thousands)	319	22	1125
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	156	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1127
2	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	49	1130
3	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	49	1125
4	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	62	1125
Below World Average
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	116	1234
2	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	106	1231
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	105	1235
4	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	96	1231
5	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	41	1232
6	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	41	1231
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	41	1234
8	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	40	1234
9	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	38	1231
10	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	38	1231
11	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	1	1125
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	161	1232
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	68	1234
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	44	1235

Language

Official Language:
1. English : 5,800,000
2. Tswana : 4,937,778

Mother Tongue : English

Literacy Rate (%) : 95.00

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Pretoria
GDP Per Capita	:	6,396
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	105^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	66
Unemployment Rate	:	32
Number of Internet Users	:	47,530,029
Internet Users Rank	:	23^rd/195
Area	:	1,220,807
Area Rank	:	23^rd/195
Total Population	:	64,747
Total Population Rank	:	24^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 33

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

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