Country profile
South Africa
Africa · Capital: Pretoria · Currency: South African rand (ZAR)
South Africa is a country in Africa, with its capital at Pretoria. It has a GDP of $401.14B (2024), a population of 64.7M (2025), a GDP per capita of $6,267.
- GDP
- $401.14B
- GDP per capita
- $6,267
- Population
- 64.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $15,906
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Economy
- GDP
- $401.14B2024 · #40
- GDP per capita
- $6,2672024 · #116
- GDP growth
- 0.54%2024 · #173
- Inflation
- 4.36%2024 · #120
- Unemployment
- 32.39%2025 · #180
- Population
- 64.7M2025 · #24
- GDP (PPP)
- $1.03T2025 · #32
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $15,9062025 · #109
- Gini index
- 54.12022 · #157
- Government debt
- 78.9%2026 · #146
People
- Median age
- 30.4 yrs2024 · #136
- Fertility rate
- 2.2 children/woman2024 · #94
- Urbanization
- 63.8%2025 · #111
- Net migration
- +146,370/yr2025 · #9
- Life expectancy
- 66.3 yrs2024 · #182
- HDI
- 0.7412023 · #106
- Homicide rate
- 43.7 per 100k2022 · #172
Money
- Corporate tax
- 28%2024 · #64
- Top income tax
- 45%2024 · #28
- Big Mac index
- $3.362026-01 · #44
Figures
- Internet users
- 78.4%2024 · #102
- CO₂ per capita
- 6.9 t2024 · #36
- Area
- 1.22M km²#26
- Population density
- 53 /km²2025 · #150
- McDonald's
- 4072024 · #17
- Unicorn startups
- 22026-03 · #40
- Billionaires
- 72026 · #38
- Passport power
- 101 destinations2026 · #96
- Corruption index
- 41/1002024 · #83
- Military spending
- 0.7%2024 · #129
- Renewable energy
- 9.7%2021 · #146
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in South Africa.
- 1VodacomTelecommunicationsRevenue · 2019 · ~$6.24B
- 2AngloGold AshantiMiningMarket cap · 2021 · ~$8.23B
- 3RENERGEN LIMITEDMarket cap · 2021 · ~$268.08M
- 4Standard BankBank69,000 employees
- 5Gold FieldsGold mining49,715 employees