How Does South Africa Today Compare to 2000?
Last week the South African government released its annual data detailing lots of national statistics, even how optimistic people are. The document is 91 pages long and covers everything from the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to how many women hold management positions to the number of households that still have landlines for telephones (a whole […]
Last week the South African government released its annual data detailing lots of national statistics, even how optimistic people are.
The document is 91 pages long and covers everything from the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to how many women hold management positions to the number of households that still have landlines for telephones (a whole lot less than in 2000).
We have gone through the data (some of which only goes up to 2010) and highlight a few points of interest.
Population ↑
2012 … 51 770 561
2014 … 54 001 954
GDP Growth (percentage) ↓
2000 … 4.2
2006 … 5.6
2009 … -1.5
2014 … 1.5
Net Foreign Direct Investment (Billion Rand) ↑↓
2006 … – 37.5
2008 … 100
2014 … – 12.5
Top Black and Female Managers (Percentage) ↑ ↓
2000 … Black (12.7)/Female (12.4)
2006 … Black (22.2)/Female (21.6)
2013 … Black (33.3)/Female (20.6)
(The document says ‘Black managers’ includes ‘Africans, Coloureds and Indians’)
Mobile cellular subscriptions ↑↑
2000 … 8,339,000
2006 … 39,662,000
2013 … 77,826,065
Internet users (per 100 people) ↑↑
2000 … 5.3
2009 … 10
2013 … 48.9
Households owning landline telephone (percentage) ↓
2000 … 23.95
2011 … 14.5
Average life expectancy ↑
2000 … 54
2010 … 58
2014 … 61
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000) ↓
2002 … 57.8
2014 … 34.4
Malaria cases ↓
2000 … 64,622 (Deaths 458)
2013 … 8,851 (Deaths 104)
5-year-olds in early childhood development programmes (percentage) ↑
2002 … 39.3
2010 … 83.4
2014 … 87.2
Voter turnout in national and local elections ↓↑
1994 … 19,533,498
2004 … 15,863,558
2014 … 18,654,771
Confident in a happy future for all races (percentage) ↑↓↑
2000 … 72
2004 … 85
2008 … 61
2013 … 55
2014 … 67
Public opinion on race relations improving (percentage) ↓↑↓
2001 … 40
2004 … 60
2013 … 36
How South Africans describe themselves (percentage)
As an African … 2004 (18.4) … 2009 (30.2) … 2014 (30)
As South African … 2004 (52.8) … 2009 (54.1) … 2014 (57)
By race group … 2004 (4) … 2009 (7.1) … 2014 (6)
By language group … 2004 (13.6) … 2009 (1.9) … 2014 (2)
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