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South Africa AI Report

Date: July 4, 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% of Fluorite and 9.2% of 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.

HIV Infections (Per 1000)

Flourite prod.

The Average HIV Infections (Per 1000) of 195 countries in the world is 0. South Africa is the 2^nd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate a better healthcare infrastructure in the country or better health awareness among the people compared to other countries.

South Africa is the 3^rd highest ranked in Flourite prod. out of all the 195 countries.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.

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

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

Doctors (Per 10,000)

Rice prod.

The Average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 4. South Africa is the 62^nd worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

South Africa is the 68^th worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

The Average GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 countries in the world is 18,051. South Africa is the 91^st worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.

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

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Northern Sotho	# People	24,102	1	1128
2	Sotho	# People	33,988	1	1129
3	Swazi	# People	11,794	1	1127
4	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1126
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	1127
7	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1127
8	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1125
9	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1127
10	Ndebele	# People	20,528	2	1127
11	Venda	# People	15,384	2	1127
12	Xhosa	# People	12,820	2	1126
13	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1125
14	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1126
15	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1125
16	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1125
17	English	# People	3,175,743	10	1129
18	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	11	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	31	1234
2	Swahili	# People	104,667	16	1235
3	Telugu	# People	536,655	14	1231
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1128
2	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	14	1125
3	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	14	1127
4	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	27	1128
5	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	66	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1232
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	76	1230
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	77	1233
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	36	1231
5	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1232
6	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1230
7	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	24	1234
8	Jewish Population	# People	78,295	11	1234
9	Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. %	% People	0	11	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	2	1125
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	3	1127
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	18	1127
4	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	23	1130
5	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	25	1126
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	25	1130
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	25	1128
8	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	41	1127
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	70	1125
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	74	1128
11	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	74	1128
12	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	88	1127
13	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	94	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	84	1230
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	84	1231
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	76	1233
4	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	29	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	2	1129
2	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	1	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	161	1234
2	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	134	1230
3	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	21	122	1234
4	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	127	1232
5	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	68	1235
6	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	48	1235
7	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	48	1232
8	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	44	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	3	1130
2	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	3	1127
3	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	6	1127
4	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	6	1125
5	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	7	1125
6	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	7	1126
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	12	1129
8	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	12	1128
9	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	12	1128
10	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	12	1125
11	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	13	1127
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	13	1130
13	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	14	1130
14	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	14	1127
15	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	28	1125
16	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	28	1129
17	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	30	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	113	1231
2	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	102	1230
3	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	216,389	77	1233
4	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	4,369,531	86	1231
5	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	77	1235
6	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	77	1233
7	Tree density .	Density	828	75	1234
8	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	50	1235
9	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	50	1235
10	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	46	1235
11	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	46	1234
12	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	46	1231
13	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	45	1233
14	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1232
15	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	40	1230
16	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1231
17	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	40	1230
18	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	39	1231
19	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	38	1235
20	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	32	1234
21	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	32	1235
22	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	27	1235
23	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	27	1234
24	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	25	1231
25	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	25	1234
26	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	13	1235
27	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	13	1231
28	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	12	1230
29	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	12	1231
30	Uranium prod.	Tons	2,516	11	1231
31	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	5	11	1233
32	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1233
33	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1235
34	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	4	1233
35	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	4	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	5	1126
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	24	1129
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	24	1127
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	24	1127
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	24	1129
6	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	38	1129
7	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	83	1127
8	Total Deaths	# People (In Thousands)	319	22	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	155	1231
2	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	133	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1128
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1125
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	17	1128
4	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	20	1128
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	20	1130
6	1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000		0	20	1126
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	24	1126
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	25	1130
9	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	25	1128
10	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	29	1126
11	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	29	1127
12	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	31	1127
13	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	32	1125
14	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	75	1128
15	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	139	1128
16	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	26	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	119	1234
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	52	1231

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	1129

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	17	1127
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	17	1126
3	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	23	1127
4	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	29	1125
5	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	29	1125
6	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	31	1127
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	31	1125
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	108	1126
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	127	1231
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	123	1234
3	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	117	1230
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	100	1234
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	96	1233
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	74	1233
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	67	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Police Officers	# People	138,224	22	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	140	1232
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	71	1230
3	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	73	1231
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1233
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	51	1235
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	50	1233
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	34	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	23	1125
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1233
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1230
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1232
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1233
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1234
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1234
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1232
8	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	36	1233
9	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	35	1235
10	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	23	1232
11	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	23	1234
12	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	19	1232
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1235
14	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	18	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1127
2	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	49	1127
3	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	49	1125
4	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	62	1127
Below than World Average-
1	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	159	1230
2	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	116	1233
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	105	1230
4	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	96	1234
5	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	41	1233
6	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	41	1232
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	1232
10	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	38	1233
11	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1235

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	:	6,397
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