Reference Data in South Africa

3,934 indicators covering reference data for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Wheat production 1.92 million tonnes 2024 up 10.0% 41st
Palma ratio (before tax) 18.12 2014 up 111.1% 2nd
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2018 up 1.4% 61st
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male 78.4% 2018 up 7.6% 74th
Enforcing contracts: Cost 33.2% 2019 unchanged 67th
Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score 62.8% 2019 unchanged 125th
Enforcing contracts: Time 600 days 2019 unchanged 82nd
Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score 60.66 2019 unchanged 110th
Resolving insolvency - Score 54.59 2019 up 24.3% 69th
Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) - Score 37.31 2019 up 7.6% 93rd
Resolving insolvency: Recovery rate 34.7 cents on the dollar 2019 up 7.8% 93rd
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female 80.3% 2018 up 9.1% 78th
Terrorist attacks by region 15 attacks 2021 — 30th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 0.9119 GPIA 2018 down 6.3% 71st
Central government accounting status 1 2023 up 100.0% 1st
Compilation of monetary and financial statistics 1 2023 unchanged 1st
NADA metadata 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Dimension 2.4: Data services 1 2023 unchanged 1st
System of national accounts in use 1 2023 unchanged 1st
National Accounts base year 0.5 2023 unchanged 77th
Dimension 5.2: Standards and Methods 0.85 2023 up 30.8% 48th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 21.6% 2018 down 20.4% 69th
Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents 17.85 million people 2020 up 51.4% 20th
Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents 29.5% 2020 up 30.8% 40th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 482,205 number 2018 up 14.2% 38th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 19.7% 2018 down 25.4% 66th
Resolving insolvency: Outcome 0 0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern 2019 — 48th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education 9.8% 2017 down 17.9% 32nd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.8485 GPIA 2018 up 6.9% 84th
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 4.0% 2018 up 39.0% 134th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male 17.5% 2017 up 29.0% 25th
Number of people living in urban slum households 9.58 million 2022 up 11.7% 18th
Share of the population with anemia in higher risk groups 31.2% 2023 up 17.7% 63rd
Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index 8 0-10 2019 unchanged 32nd
Protecting minority investors: Extent of director liability index 80 2019 unchanged 16th
Protecting minority investors: Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 80 2019 unchanged 32nd
Protecting minority investors: Extent of director liability index 8 0-10 2019 unchanged 16th
Bans on tobacco advertising 4 2022 unchanged 67th
Support to help quit smoking 4 2022 up 33.3% 33rd
Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco 23.7% 2024 up 2.2% 56th
Other taxes 3.4% 2019 up 25.9% 66th
Paying taxes: Labor tax and contributions 4.0% 2019 up 66.7% 170th
Paying taxes: Profit tax 21.8% 2019 down 12.4% 48th
Paying taxes: Payments 7 number per year 2019 down 22.2% 165th
Paying taxes: Time 210 hours per year 2019 up 7.1% 84th
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate 29.2% 2019 down 2.7% 146th
Immunisations 65.1 Percentage of children eligible for immunization 2025 down 29.8% 48th
Real Effective Exchange Rate 70.66 2024 down 7.3% 102nd
Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score 93.33 2019 up 3.7% 16th
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score 75.12 2019 down 2.8% 105th
Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score 95.7% 2019 up 1.2% 45th
Sweet potato production 70,564 tonnes 2024 up 12.8% 50th
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 20th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 8.3% 2018 down 37.6% 52nd
Trade in environmental goods as share of total imports 0.0% 2019 up 2.3% 75th
Industrial Production, constant US$, seas. adj. 104.54 billion 2025 down 8.0% 32nd
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 5.1% 2018 down 49.9% 60th
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for business purposes 276,000 trips 2024 down 32.2% 63rd
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.5% 2018 down 28.1% 148th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 11.4% 2018 down 30.3% 41st