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REPORTING ECONOMY · ZAF

South Africa, in context.

Annual data for South Africa. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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ZA South Africa2025

GDP per capita

$5.7Kconstant 2015 US$ per person
-0.0% year over year
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ZA South Africa2025

Employment ratio

37.6%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.1 pp year over year
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ZA South Africa2025

Inflation

3.2%annual change in consumer prices (%)
-1.2 pp year over year
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ZA South Africa2025

Total GDP

$369.9Bconstant 2015 US$
+1.1% year over year
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ZA South Africa2025

Population

64.7Mpeople
+1.2% year over year
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ZA South Africa2023

Electricity consumption

3.2Kkilowatt-hours per person
-4.6% year over year
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ZA South Africa2025

Unemployment

32.4%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.1 pp year over year
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ZA South Africa2024

Life expectancy

66.3years at birth
+0.3% year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.south-africa
World Bank reporting code
ZAF
Geographic region
Africa · Southern Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 710
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Southern Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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