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South Africa AI Report

Date: June 14, 2026

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.

Facebook users

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 Facebook users of 195 countries in the world is 11,706,915. South Africa is the 18^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This may take into context a higher country population, or may simply imply that this country has more social media popularity, or may have a higher youth demographic.

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

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Rice prod.

Natural Gas Prod.

Oil Prod.

The Average GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 countries in the world is 18,044. South Africa is the 89^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. 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.

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Africa is the 102^nd worst ranked in Natural Gas Prod. . 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.

South Africa is the 108^th worst ranked in Oil Prod. out of all the 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	4,700,000	1	1130
2	Sotho	# People	1,656,925	1	1126
3	Swazi	# People	2,300,000	1	1129
4	Xhosa	# People	633,335	1	1126
5	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1128
6	Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers	% People	0	1	1130
7	Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers	% People	0	1	1130
8	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1127
9	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1125
10	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1125
11	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1128
12	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1130
13	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1126
14	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1130
15	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	10	1125
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	26,081,662	31	1235
2	Swahili	# People	1,275,639	16	1233
3	Telugu	# People	7,474,845	14	1233
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1231
5	English	# People	10,677,446	10	1234
6	Ndebele	# People	1,334,333	2	1232
7	Venda	# People	1,500,000	2	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1126
2	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	14	1128
3	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	14	1129
4	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	27	1128
5	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	66	1127
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1230
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	76	1230
3	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	77	1230
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	146	36	1233
5	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1235
6	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1232
7	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	24	1232
8	Jewish Population	# People	162,421	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	6	2	1130
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	3	1127
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	18	1129
4	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	23	1127
5	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	25	1125
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	25	1129
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	25	1129
8	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	44	1127
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	74	1129
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	74	1129
11	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	74	1127
12	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	88	1125
13	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	94	1127
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	84	1234
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	84	1231
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	76	1231
4	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	29	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	3	1125
2	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	3	1125
3	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	6	1127
4	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	6	1128
5	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	7	1129
6	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	7	1130
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	12	1128
8	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	12	1129
9	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	12	1126
10	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	12	1126
11	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	13	1128
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	13	1128
13	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	14	1125
14	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	14	1128
15	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	25	1129
16	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	28	1130
17	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	28	1125
18	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	145	1129
Below World Average
1	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	4	1232
2	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	5	11	1230
3	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1231
4	Tree density.	Density	22,685	113	1232
5	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	102	1235
6	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	43,738	77	1235
7	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	855,887	86	1232
8	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	77	1233
9	Honey prod.	Tons	15,393	77	1230
10	Tree density .	Density	828	75	1235
11	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	50	1234
12	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	50	1235
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,545,003	46	1231
14	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	46	1232
15	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	46	1235
16	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	45	1232
17	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1231
18	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	40	1231
19	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1232
20	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	40	1230
21	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,811,171	39	1234
22	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	38	1231
23	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	32	1233
24	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	32	1230
25	Onion prod.	Tons	819,042	27	1231
26	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	27	1234
27	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	25	1234
28	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	20,929,075	13	1231
29	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	13	1230
30	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	12	1232
31	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	12	1233
32	Uranium prod.	Tons	3,187	11	1234
33	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1231
34	Diamond prod.	Tons	11	4	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1129
2	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	17	1126
3	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	20	1127
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	24	1130
5	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	25	1126
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	25	1127
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	29	1125
8	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	29	1128
9	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	31	1126
10	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	32	1125
11	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	77	1129
12	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	139	1127
13	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	26	1125
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	119	1231
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	1	11	1233
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	4	20	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	10	1129
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	17	1128

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	14	1125
2	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	23	1125
3	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1127
4	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	27	1125
5	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	32	1128
6	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	33	1126
7	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	43	1126
8	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	51	1125
9	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	61	1126
10	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	71	1128
Below World Average
1	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	171	1232
2	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	160	1231
3	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	134	1233
4	INDs via Ahmedabad Airport (%)	% People	1	61	1230
5	INDs via Cochin Airport (%)	% People	3	86	1233
6	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	88	1234
7	FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%)	% People	3	75	1235
8	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	111	1233
9	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	110	1231
10	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	82	1234
11	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	107	1234
12	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	106	1235
13	INDs for Education (%)	% People	3	70	1233
14	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	82	1232
15	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	96	1234
16	INDs via Kolkata Airport (%)	% People	2	54	1234
17	FTAs in India via Kolkata (%)	% People	2	43	1235
18	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	82	1230
19	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	64	1231
20	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	58	1233
21	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	44	1234
22	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	41	1230
23	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	41	1233
24	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	40	1231
25	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	39	1232
26	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	39	1233
27	INDs from India	# People	158,494	36	1234
28	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	33	1235
29	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	17	1126
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	17	1125
3	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	18	1126
4	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	18	1127
5	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	23	1127
6	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	25	1126
7	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	25	1128
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	108	1129
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	137	1231
2	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	129	1234
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	125	1230
4	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	125	1235
5	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	117	1232
6	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	99	1234
7	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	94	1233
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	76	1230
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	70	1232
10	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	38	1233
11	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	38	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	19	1129
2	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	23	1125
3	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	23	1125
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	23	1128
5	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1128
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1231
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1231
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1233
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1230
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1234
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1232
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1233
8	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1233
9	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	36	1235
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	35	1235
11	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	18	1231

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	1232
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	71	1233
3	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	73	1233
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1231
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	51	1235
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	50	1234
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	137	34	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	24	1129
2	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	24	1130
3	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	24	1128
4	Total Births	# People	677,551	25	1126
5	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	37	1125
6	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	88	1126
7	Total Deaths	# People	321,991	22	1130
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	159	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	1130
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	161	1231
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	68	1235
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	44	1231

Language

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

Mother Tongue : English

Literacy Rate (%) : 95.00

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Pretoria
GDP Per Capita	:	6,397
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	101^st/195
Life Expectancy	:	66
Unemployment Rate	:	32
Number of Internet Users	:	48,893,454
Internet Users Rank	:	23^rd/195
Area	:	1,220,807
Area Rank	:	23^rd/195
Total Population	:	65,453,084
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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