South Africa, is a country located at Southern Africa, it has an area of 1,219,090 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

South Africa, with a population of 62,272,000 people, it is ranked at 24º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 51 people per km2.

It's capital is Pretoria and its currency is South African rands

South Africa is holding the 43 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 282,396 millions of euros (305,568 millions of dollars), ( 76.36% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €4,535 euros per inhabitant$4,907 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in South Africa was on February of 2023 and it was 7.3%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of South Africa, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.717 points in 2022, leaving it in 110th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit South Africa are business, you must know it's in the 84th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of South Africa, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Pretoria: Monthly Temp.
Pretoria: Monthly Rainfall
South Africa Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q41,567K
Annual GDP [+]2024€369,962M
Annual GDP [+]2024$400,261M
GDP per capita [+]2024€5,941
GDP per capita [+]2024$6,428
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€97,575M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024282,396
Debt ($M) [+]2024305,568
Debt (%GDP) [+]202476.36%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€4,535
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,907
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-22,389
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-24,226
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-6.05%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024122,762.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024132,835.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202323,238.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202324,917.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20236.60%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202220,819.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202221,905.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202216.89%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20232,579.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20232,791.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.21%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202433.19%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€1,971
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$2,133
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023€373
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023$404
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€334
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$351
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€41
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$45
Moody's Rating [+]12/03/2024Ba2
S&P Rating [+]11/15/2024BB-
Fitch Rating [+]11/20/2020BB-
Corruption Index [+]202341
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201960º
Fragile States Index [+]202469.6
RTI Raking [+]202416º
Innovation Ranking [+]202469º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 202232.7%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q431.5%
Unemployed [+]2024Q47,996K
NMW [+]2024$261.6
NMW [+]2024€234.8
Human Capital Ranking [+]201787º
Markets
Euro / South African rands [+]04/25/202521.3608
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/25/202518.8032
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/25/202510.66%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20237.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]01/31/20257.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]202084º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2023347,388
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20238.54
Motor vehicle production [+]2023633,337
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020172.30
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202227.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201915.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202045.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,698,000
Exports [+]2023€102,520.4M
Exports [+]2023$110,855.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202329.13%
Imports [+]2023€120,916.5M
Imports [+]2023$130,747.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202334.36%
Trade balance [+]2023€-18,396.1M
Trade balance [+]2023$-19,891.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-5.23%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201578º
Density [+]202351
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024127º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017898.1
% Immigrant [+]20204.77%
% Emigrant [+]20201.52%
Birth Rate [+]202219.31‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20172,588.7
Crude death rate [+]202212.03‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.34
% risk of poverty [+]201455.5%
Population [+]202362,272,000
Immigrant stock [+]20202,860,495
Emigrant stock [+]2020914,901
HDI [+]20220.717
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202418º
Life expectancy [+]202261.48
Suicides [+]2018314
Suicide rate [+]20180.50
Number of homicides [+]202227,272
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202243.72
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20236.56
Annual crude oil production [+]20241
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202115.0
Consumption GWh [+]2023194,978
Generation GWh [+]2023219,608
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024102,595
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20244,072,765
Fully vaccinated [+]09/24/202321,038,797
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,647.53
Doses administered [+]09/24/202341,798,812