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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa
Your score
52.7
out of 100
Rank
#121
of 224
Population
60.1M
ZAR
Coverage
80%
active metrics

Strongest dimensions (given your values)

  • Press freedom74'24
  • Healthcare quality69'17
  • Education quality67~
  • Happiness5.42'23
  • Human Development Index0.741'23

Weakest dimensions

  • Safety0~
  • Clean governance (inv. corruption)41'24
  • Gender equality79'24
  • Human Development Index0.741'23
  • Happiness5.42'23

All metrics

Development

  • GDP per capita—
  • Human Development Index0.741'23
  • Economic growth1.0%
  • Unemployment rate32.1%'23
  • Income equality (inverted Gini)37'22
  • Innovation index28'24

Quality of life

  • Life expectancy—
  • Happiness5.42'23
  • Safety0~
  • Healthcare quality69'17
  • Education quality67~
  • Cost of living35'24
  • Internet speed47 Mbps'24
  • Sunshine3,063'23

Environment & governance

  • Clean governance (inv. corruption)41'24
  • Press freedom74'24
  • Political stability20'22
  • Renewable energy share12.7%'23
  • Air quality52'20
  • Gender equality79'24
  • Forest cover (proxy for green space)14'23
  • Public transit (proxy: urban population)est.69'23

Creative & cultural

  • Coffee cultureplayful58
  • Food varietyplayful59
  • Music influenceplayful76
  • Literary outputplayful72
  • Festival frequencyplayful68
  • Wildlife densityplayful90
  • Adventure scoreplayful88
  • Beach qualityplayful82
  • Ghost-story richnessplayful78
  • Board-game cultureplayful55
  • Meme cultureplayful75
  • Astronomy potentialest.92
  • Cheese varietyplayful54
  • Puzzle-solving prowessplayful45
  • Time-travel appealplayful70

About the data

Cells marked with a year use real public data from UNDP, the World Bank, Our World in Data, Transparency International or sunshine-hour composites. Unmarked values are curated or playful estimates — see the i tooltip on each metric in the sidebar for its source.