Country profile · ZAF
South Africa
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 63.2M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.4%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 127 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.22
- Expected years of schooling
- 13.8 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 24%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 38% / 9%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.54
- Urban population
- 64%
- Employment in agriculture
- 6%
- Internet use
- 78%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 18.17%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 40.9 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 22.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 7%
- Women married before age 18
- 4%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 5.42
Religion
- Christianity82%
- No religion15%
- Islam2%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Johannesburg
- Cape Town
- Durban
- Pretoria
Common hazards
- Drought
- Economic shocks
Common migration destinations
- the United Kingdom
- Australia
- the United States
- New Zealand
- Canada