International Rankings of South Africa 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	4,761,000	23	2012
Internet users	4,420,000	54	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	4,030,000	42	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	68,400,000	19	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$105,500,000,000	34	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$88,530,000,000	38	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-4.80	80	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	5	39	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	8.75	92	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$23,780,000,000	181	2013 est.
Debt - external	$139,000,000,000	39	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	63.1	2	2005
Exports	$91,050,000,000	42	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	30.60	109	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	24.00	16	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	63.80	86	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-39.60	68	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	22.00	70	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	-0.80	50	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	2.60	124	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	29.00	76	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	68.40	65	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$353,900,000,000	35	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$11,500	96	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$595,700,000,000	26	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	2.00	58	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	15.10	88	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	51.70	2	2009 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.20	36	2009 est.
Imports	$99,550,000,000	34	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	0.90	67	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	5.80	38	2013 est.
Labor force	18,540,000	33	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	9.00	89	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	26.00	34	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	65.00	53	2007 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 855,700,000,000	15	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	31.30	49	2009 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	45.40	74	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$48,460,000,000	42	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 198,000,000,000	37	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$87,670,000,000	30	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$143,300,000,000	34	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$252,600,000,000	38	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 110,200,000,000	34	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	25.0	109	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	24.90	25	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	461,600,000	14	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	385,100	23	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	181,000	41	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	15,000,000	80	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	234,200,000,000	16	2012 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	15,040,000,000	13	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	90.8	26	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	1.5	128	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	4.1	23	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.5	67	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	11,890,000,000	16	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	44,260,000	22	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	257,900,000,000	16	2012 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	4,841.28	60	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	4,010,000,000	65	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	3,300,000,000	41	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	1,280,000,000	62	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	16,000,000,000	75	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	590,900	29	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	80,460	50	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	79,010	57	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	437,600	33	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,798	48	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3408	55	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	271.7	103	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	12.5	43	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	16,700	30	2012
Land Area - sq km	1,214,470.00	26	NA
Land boundaries - km	4,862	37	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	9.87	107	2011
Land use - other (%)	89.79	77	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.34	147	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	39.83	170	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	1,219,090.00	25	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	51.40	92	2011
Water Area - sq km	4,620	68	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	12,473,641	23	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	13,439,781	25	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	6,476,264	36	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	7,617,063	31	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	485,017	23	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	482,122	23	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.00	78	2013
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	6,815,185	26	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	6,859,518	26	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	28.30	69	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	4,866,121	23	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	4,914,394	23	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.20	22	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	8,923,605	31	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	9,543,746	30	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	38.20	84	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,950,499	32	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	1,470,282	34	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	7.10	68	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,826,638	32	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	1,205,657	37	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	6.10	85	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	18.94	92	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	8.70	63	2008
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	59.90	63	2003/04
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	17.49	1	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	8.70	78	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	11.50	71	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	53.90	82	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	45.20	75	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	88.3	51	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	95.1	38	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	99.2	9	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	11.7	82	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	4.9	87	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0.8	87	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.00	23	2010
Health expenditures	8.50	32	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	17.90	4	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	235,100	2	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	6,070,800	1	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	2.80	47	2005
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	37.90	52	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	45.25	51	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	41.61	51	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	48.58	219	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	50.52	208	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	49.56	209	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	92.20	44	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	93.90	41	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	93.00	46	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	300.00	30	2010
Median age - female (years)	26.00	103	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	25.40	109	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	25.70	97	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	22.50	47	2003-04 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-6.27	155	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	31.30	21	2008
Physicians density	0.76	99	2011
Population	48,375,645	28	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	-0.48	165	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	62.4	83	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	37.6	72	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	74.4	76	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	25.6	72	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	81.7	70	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	18.3	69	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.07	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.67	45	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.02	14	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.99	23	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.23	82	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	57	6	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	47	6	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	52	5	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.21	108	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	62	83	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	566	11	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	144	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	422	13	2013
Heliports	1.00	24	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	3	100	2010
Pipelines (km)	3,839	55	2013
Railways (km)	20,192	14	2008
Roadways (km)	364,131	19	2002

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