PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for South Africa | ||
| What is the capital city of South Africa ? | Cape Town |  |
| What is the total area of South Africa ? (km2) | 1.219.090 | |
| What is the population in South Africa ? (2020) | 59.308.690 | |
| What is the median age in South Africa ? | 28 | |
| What is the iso country code for South Africa ? (2lt) | ZA | |
| What is the iso country code for South Africa ? (3lt) | ZAF | |
| What continent is South Africa in ? | Africa | |
| What currency is used in South Africa ? | South African Rand | |
| What is the currency code for South Africa ? | ZAR | |
| What is the tel code for South Africa ? | +27 | |
| What language use in South Africa ? | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans | |
| What is the language code for Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans ? | ZU,XH,AF | |
| What is the internet TLD code for South Africa ? | .za | |
| Where is the highest place in South Africa ? | Mafadi (3450 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in South Africa ? | South Atlantic Ocean (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for South Africa | |
 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 45,71 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 5 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 14 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 20 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 155 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 29,2 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 21,8 |
| Tax payments (number) | 7 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 3,4 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 4 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 210 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 7 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 7 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 7 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 40 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 40 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 40 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 0,2 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 0,2 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 7 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 23 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 600 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 5 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 2 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 36 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 87 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 3.747.980.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 839.000 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 84.206.000 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 3.662.930.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 121.460.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 121.460.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 1.600.100.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 5.469.530.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 7 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 7 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 73 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 676 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 68 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 92 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 55 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 1.257 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 109 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 66,5 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 7 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 84 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 8 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 67,019 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 27,321 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,333 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 29,722 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 44.117.700 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 44.117.700 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 477.212.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 477.212.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 521.330.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 4.301.570.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 2.418.530.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 43.837.700 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 374.695.000 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 2.000.000.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 337.123.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 337.123.000 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,177 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 48,61 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 58,758 |
| Labor force, total | 23.072.300 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 45,0493 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,469 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 62,59 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 77,9166 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 48,768 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,657 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 65,99 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,475 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 26,155 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,591 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,688 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 71,727 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 61,884 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 84,358 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 2.755.660.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 9.794.410.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 12.550.100.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,181 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,867 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,033 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 43.368,7 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,505 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,341 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,715 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 84,827 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 83,024 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 87,142 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,711 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,356 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,167 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,314 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 46,734 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,273 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 15,173 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,976 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,858 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,462 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 7,62 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,692 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,247 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 14,693 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,769 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,092 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,249 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,608 |
| Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) | 33,1328 |
| Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) | 81,0447 |
| Stocks traded, total value (current US$) | 284.817.000.000 |
| Listed domestic companies, total | 274 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) | 300,582 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) | 1.056.340.000.000 |
| S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change) | 8,55077 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 0,253267 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 890.059.000 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 1.850.630.000 |
| Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | -4.289.260.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 1,3159 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 4.624.500.000 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 56,9679 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 14,3265 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 112.937.000.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 108.148.000 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 14.727.000.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 90.118.900.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 7,11984 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 104.846.000.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 8.091.430.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 5,18945 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | 16.899.100 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | -2.462.150.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 1.612.610.000 |
| Portfolio investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -8.997.860.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -1.511.020.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | 2.495.210.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | 2.674.290.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 1.728.450.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | -9.933.120.000 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | -8.154.710.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | -3,03525 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | -10.666.800.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 1.052.040.000 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 867.014.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 0,885943 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 3.113.480.000 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 20,0414 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 12,7 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 41,5771 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 121.142.000.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | 1.649.470.000 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 15.672.800.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 87.444.600.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 3,98485 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 103.117.000.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 18.024.500.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 13,2263 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 8,65027 |