Social Development in South Africa 165 indicators covering social development for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 1990 — 31st Age of full democracy 32 years 2025 up 45.5% 59th Freedom of Association Score 8 2025 up 14.3% 22nd Freedom of Expression Score 7 2025 down 12.5% 19th Civil Rights Score 7 2025 unchanged 19th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 24.1% 2030 up 3.0% 45th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 11.87 million 2030 up 19.5% 17th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 57.9% 2020 up 2.1% 60th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 70.4% 2020 up 1.9% 65th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 42.0% 2020 down 5.6% 85th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 29.6% 2020 down 4.2% 122nd Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 12.5% 2020 up 1.0% 88th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 12.0% 2020 down 9.2% 126th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 52.23 2020 down 13.9% 8th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 24.06 2020 down 13.9% 8th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 15.47 2020 down 17.9% 61st Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 23.7% 2030 up 4.4% 36th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 24.1% 2030 up 3.0% 39th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 47.7 2024 down 7.6% 92nd Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 — 104th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 2.06 million National currency 2025 up 70.8% 15th Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 39,464 National currency 2025 up 76.9% 26th Age of democracy 27 years 2018 up 58.8% 58th Locations of ongoing armed conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 — 46th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 586,577 National currency 2025 up 57.3% 15th Homicides, by sex of the victim 3,914 homicides 2022 up 63.1% 4th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 73.37 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 up 42.4% 8th Press Freedom Index 21.59 2021 down 12.1% 145th Age of liberal democracy 17 years 2012 up 142.9% 33rd Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 37.3% 2025 up 37.6% 52nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 3.99 2016 up 0.3% 30th Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2021 — 29th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 2 2024 up 100.0% 79th Share of voting rights in international organizations 5.0% 2024 up 3.3% 6th Trust in government 47.5% 2024 down 9.2% 17th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 1.1 2014 down 42.1% 66th Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" 23.3% 2014 up 102.2% 26th Share of people who think others can be trusted vs. taken advantage of 23.3% 2014 up 102.2% 26th Share of people who trust churches and religious organizations 77.0% 2014 down 5.8% 3rd Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 1,773 2016 up 40.8% 13th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 1,467 2015 up 16.5% 17th Alcoholic excise tax revenue as a per cent of government revenue 1.7% 2015 up 13.3% 12th Alcoholic excise tax revenue as a per cent of government revenue 1.7% 2015 up 13.3% 12th ← Previous Page 3 of 3