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Social protection, poverty, gender, and development indicators

Overview

Social protection, poverty, gender, health, and development indicators for South Africa, sourced from the World Bank, OECD, and the United Nations.

SDG Indicators

Proportion of youth (15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
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UN SDG 8.6.1
Age-standardised prevalence of current tobacco use among persons 15+ years
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UN SDG 3.a.1
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
38.0%
2024 · UN SDG 16.3.2
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
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UN SDG 8.1.1
Satisfaction with public services
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UN SDG 16.6.2
Participation rate in organised learning (one year before official primary entry age)
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UN SDG 4.2.2
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
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UN SDG 7.2.1
Maternal mortality ratio
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UN SDG 3.1.1
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population
43.7%
2022 · UN SDG 16.1.1
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
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UN SDG 13.2.2
Proportion feeling safe walking alone at night
37.0%
2022 · UN SDG 16.1.4
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
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UN SDG 3.4.1
Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
1.5%
2020 · UN SDG 16.5.2
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
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UN SDG 13.1.1
Experience of discrimination
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UN SDG 16.b.1
Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
18.0%
2019 · UN SDG 16.5.1

Data Explorer

Press Freedom Index
12 Score (0-100)
40878 · World Bank
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
91.5
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
86.0500030517578
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
89.3399963378906
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
2.50999999046326
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
97.9899978637695
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
18.3899993896484
2024 · World Bank
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
44.702842377261
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
90.8300018310547
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated
569355
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
96.3399963378906
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated
590938
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
2.66000008583069
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
2.58999991416931
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
1.01999998092651
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated
570346
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
84.8499984741211
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated
588018.5
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed post-secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
50.2200012207031
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
35.421
2024 · World Bank

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Sources: UN SDG Indicators | OECD · Last updated: 2025

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