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Data and Statistics

Quick Facts

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.


For a complete list of indicators, refer to the South Africa Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data

Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
South Africa Country Data Profile
South Africa-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic

Doing Business Report - Investment Climate Snapshot: Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth.
Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
Gender Statistics: Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics. Gender site

Health Nutrition Population Statistics: Summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.

Education Statistics at a glance (PDF)
 

Debt

World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.

The Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)—jointly developed by the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB)—brings together external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.

Poverty Data

Africa Household Survey Databank

Africa Development Indicators 2008/09 (PDF): It contains over 1,000 indicators covering 53 African countries. ADI provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa from 1960 to 2006. Website.

World Development Indicators 2009: The 2009 WDI includes more than 800 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global LinksThe 2009 WDI includes more than 800 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Press release

Main World Bank Data Site

Other Sources of Data

Please note, the World Bank is not responsible for the content on the following external websites.

African Development Bank

  Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

 

World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including South Africa.


United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

  Human Development Index: Shows South Africa's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)

  Selected Health Indicators
 

UNAIDS
-- Epidemological Factsheets on South Africa:
 HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.

Other Data Sources
  US Energy Information Administration (EIA): Country information on energy-related data and country analysis.



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