🇿🇦 South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa · Capital: Pretoria
Money3.4 / 10
Safety0.2 / 10
Health3.7 / 10
Quality of life5.2 / 10
Passport5.2 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money3.4 / 10
Purchasing power10727 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$15,906120 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$6,270117 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth1.1 %169 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation3.2 %98 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment32.4 %186 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)54.1147 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2022
Central government debt82.8 % GDP53 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Reserves$76B36 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power10632 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety0.2 / 10
Safety (survey)25.588 of 89Numbeo
Crime74.5144 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k43.7158 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2022
✚Health3.7 / 10
Health care (survey)63.948 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted11551 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy66.3 yr183 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100024.2139 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$53785 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending8.9 % GDP47 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10000.79121 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
☀Quality of life5.2 / 10
Quality of life14940 of 89Numbeo
Pollution57.450 of 115Numbeo
Purity97.967 of 115Numbeo
Climate96.15 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time38.463 of 89Numbeo
Internet users78.4 %113 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending6.0 % GDP26 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Urban population63.8 %111 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio3.11 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income10.4107 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$134B42 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$126B43 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP60.9 %130 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$-2B192 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism3.9M ppl45 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population64.7M24 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.1 %93 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman2.294 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10017911 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity90.2 %161 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita6.9 t168 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy9.7 %147 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending0.70 % GDP20 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport5.2 / 10
No visa needed in advance98 of 19896 of 199
Visa free60 of 198
Visa on arrival33 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)5 of 198
E-visa29 of 198
Visa required71 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not