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South Africa AI Report

Date: May 25, 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

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 Facebook users out of all the 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.

South Africa is the 89^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of all the 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.

The Average Natural Gas Prod. of 195 countries in the world is 43,738. 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.

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	1127
2	Sotho	# People	1,656,925	1	1128
3	Swazi	# People	2,300,000	1	1127
4	Xhosa	# People	633,335	1	1129
5	Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers	% People	0	1	1127
6	Northern Sotho as a % of total Northern Sotho speakers	% People	0	1	1128
7	Swazi as a % of total Swazi speakers	% People	0	1	1126
8	Tsonga as a % of total Tsonga speakers	% People	0	1	1129
9	Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers	% People	0	1	1126
10	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	1	1129
11	Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers	% People	0	2	1125
12	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	2	1130
13	Venda as a % of total Venda speakers	% People	0	2	1127
14	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	2	1126
15	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	10	1128
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	26,081,662	31	1232
2	Swahili	# People	1,275,639	16	1233
3	Telugu	# People	7,474,845	14	1231
4	Telugu as a % of total Telugu speakers	% People	0	12	1230
5	English	# People	10,677,446	10	1230
6	Ndebele	# People	1,334,333	2	1232
7	Venda	# People	1,500,000	2	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1125
2	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	14	1129
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	1126
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	124	1234
2	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	76	1231
3	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	77	1233
4	# Olympic Medals	Count	146	36	1232
5	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1232
6	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1233
7	Jewish Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	0	24	1230
8	Jewish Population	# People	162,421	11	1231
9	Jewish Pop./Total Jewish Pop. %	% People	0	11	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	6	2	1129
2	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	3	1125
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	18	1127
4	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	23	1125
5	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	25	1129
6	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	25	1126
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	25	1126
8	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	44	1127
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	74	1130
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	74	1128
11	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	74	1125
12	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	88	1127
13	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	94	1126
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	84	1233
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	84	1233
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	76	1234
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	1126
2	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Weight	4	3	1125
3	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	6	1130
4	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	6	1130
5	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	7	1127
6	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	7	1130
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	12	1129
8	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	12	1127
9	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	12	1125
10	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	12	1129
11	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	13	1129
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	13	1127
13	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	14	1130
14	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	14	1130
15	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	25	1128
16	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	28	1128
17	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	28	1128
18	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	145	1126
Below World Average
1	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	4	1233
2	Uranium Produced/Total Uranium Produced %	Weight	5	11	1231
3	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	8	1233
4	Tree density.	Density	22,685	113	1235
5	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	102	1233
6	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	43,738	77	1235
7	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	855,887	86	1235
8	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	77	1234
9	Honey prod.	Tons	15,393	77	1232
10	Tree density .	Density	828	75	1235
11	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	50	1232
12	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	50	1235
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,545,003	46	1233
14	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	46	1231
15	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	46	1233
16	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	45	1233
17	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	40	1233
18	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	40	1235
19	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	39	1233
20	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	40	1232
21	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,811,171	39	1235
22	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Weight	0	38	1233
23	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	32	1232
24	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	32	1232
25	Onion prod.	Tons	819,042	27	1233
26	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	27	1235
27	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	25	1235
28	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	20,929,075	13	1232
29	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	13	1234
30	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	12	1232
31	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	12	1230
32	Uranium prod.	Tons	3,187	11	1232
33	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	8	1235
34	Diamond prod.	Tons	11	4	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1125
2	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	17	1126
3	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	20	1128
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	24	1130
5	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	25	1129
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	25	1127
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	29	1126
8	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	29	1127
9	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	31	1128
10	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	32	1130
11	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	77	1129
12	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	139	1128
13	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	26	1128
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	119	1235
2	# Cities>5M	# Cities	1	11	1230
3	# Cities>1M	# Cities	4	20	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	10	1128
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	17	1127

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	14	1129
2	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	23	1127
3	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	27	1130
4	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	27	1125
5	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	32	1127
6	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	33	1125
7	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	43	1127
8	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	51	1126
9	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	61	1128
10	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	71	1127
Below World Average
1	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	171	1232
2	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	160	1230
3	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	134	1234
4	INDs via Ahmedabad Airport (%)	% People	1	61	1231
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	1230
8	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	111	1232
9	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	110	1234
10	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	82	1234
11	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	107	1230
12	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	106	1233
13	INDs for Education (%)	% People	3	70	1232
14	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	82	1235
15	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	96	1230
16	INDs via Kolkata Airport (%)	% People	2	54	1234
17	FTAs in India via Kolkata (%)	% People	2	43	1233
18	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	82	1230
19	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	64	1232
20	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	58	1233
21	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	44	1235
22	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	41	1231
23	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	41	1235
24	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	40	1234
25	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	39	1233
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	1233
29	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	17	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	17	1128
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	17	1130
3	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	18	1129
4	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	18	1129
5	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	23	1125
6	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	25	1127
7	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	25	1128
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	108	1128
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	137	1234
2	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	129	1231
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	125	1230
4	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	125	1231
5	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	117	1234
6	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	99	1231
7	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	94	1234
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	76	1231
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	70	1233
10	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	38	1231
11	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	38	1233

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	1126
5	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	102	1127
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	108	1235
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	105	1230
3	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	74	1234
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	72	1235
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	63	1233
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	57	1233
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	53	1234
8	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	19	1234
9	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	36	1232
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	35	1234
11	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	18	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Police Officers	# People	138,224	22	1130
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	140	1233
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	71	1235
3	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	73	1231
4	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	66	1235
5	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	51	1234
6	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	50	1232
7	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	137	34	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	24	1126
2	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	24	1130
3	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	24	1125
4	Total Births	# People	677,551	25	1129
5	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	37	1129
6	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	88	1130
7	Total Deaths	# People	321,991	22	1129
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	1230
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	44	1232

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	:	6,397
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

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