South Africa (WorldBank)

NOTE: The most recent year's information is shown below. Click on the year to see all years for this indicator.

COMMUNICATION
2018	88,566,977	Mobile cellular subscriptions
2017	56	Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
ECONOMY
2014	-14	Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
2014	4,198	Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2016	0.90	Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
2016	0.92	Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
2018	152.6	Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
2018	81.2	Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
2018	99	Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	281,674,998,945	Adjusted net national income (current US$)
2017	2.3	Adjusted net national income (annual % growth)
2017	4,942	Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$)
2018	15	Gross savings (% of GDP)
EMPLOYMENT
2017	0.4	Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
2019	84.8	Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2018	10,250,298	Labor force, female
2019	23,072,331	Labor force, total
2018	26.9	Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
GOVERNMENT
2008	26.0	Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
2017	3.8	Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)
2017	27.0	Tax revenue (% of GDP)
2017	6.7	Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
HEALTH
2005	2.8	Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2017	0.9	Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2017	21	Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	9	Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	67	Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2017	64	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2017	60	Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2017	2.4	Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
LAND
2016	968,410	Agricultural land (sq. km)
2016	79.8	Agricultural land (% of land area)
2016	10.3	Arable land (% of land area)
2016	7.6	Forest area (% of land area)
2018	1,213,090.0	Land area (sq. km)
2010	53,460	Rural land area (sq. km)
2010	53,460	Urban land area (sq. km)
2018	1,219,090	Surface area (sq. km)
POPULATION
2018	2,860,777	Population ages 00-04, female
2018	2,934,292	Population ages 00-04, male
2018	2,400,034	Population ages 15-19, female
2018	2,432,280	Population ages 15-19, male
2018	2,482,695	Population ages 20-24, female
2018	2,519,739	Population ages 20-24, male
2018	2,638,883	Population ages 25-29, female
2018	2,686,508	Population ages 25-29, male
2018	2,598,151	Population ages 30-34, female
2018	2,646,217	Population ages 30-34, male
2018	2,208,431	Population ages 35-39, female
2018	2,227,698	Population ages 35-39, male
2018	1,813,570	Population ages 40-44, female
2018	1,780,859	Population ages 40-44, male
2018	1,577,153	Population ages 45-49, female
2018	1,501,861	Population ages 45-49, male
2018	1,335,059	Population ages 50-54, female
2018	1,228,066	Population ages 50-54, male
2018	1,132,269	Population ages 55-59, female
2018	986,216	Population ages 55-59, male
2018	943,486	Population ages 60-64, female
2018	765,731	Population ages 60-64, male
2018	719,482	Population ages 65-69, female
2018	540,573	Population ages 65-69, male
2018	501,608	Population ages 70-74, female
2018	340,053	Population ages 70-74, male
2018	347,796	Population ages 75-79, female
2018	205,950	Population ages 75-79, male
2018	285,021	Population ages 80 and above, female
2018	132,152	Population ages 80 and above, male
2018	1.4	Population growth (annual %)
2018	57,779,622	Population, total
2018	29,290,888	Population, female
2018	50.7	Population, female (% of total population)
2018	28,488,734	Population, male
2018	49	Population, male (% of total population)
2018	19,439,954	Rural population
2018	34	Rural population (% of total population)
2018	38,339,668	Urban population
2018	66	Urban population (% of total population)
POVERTY
2014	38	Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
2014	57	Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
TRANSPORT
2018	180,317	Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
2018	716	Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
2018	23,921,748	Air transport, passengers carried
2017	20,953	Rail lines (total route-km)