
South Africa
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital City: Pretoria
Country Code: ZA
Capital City: Pretoria
Country Code: ZA
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Year: 2024 = 7.701915Year: 2023 = 7.597736
Year: 2022 = 7.457427
Year: 2021 = 7.524514
Year: 2020 = 7.416510
Lending Interest Rate
Year: 2024 = 11.625%Year: 2023 = 11.500%
Year: 2022 = 8.792%
Year: 2021 = 7.042%
Year: 2020 = 7.708%
Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.
Human Development Index (HDI)
Year: 2023 = 6.652Year: 2022 = 6.767
Year: 2021 = 7.171
Year: 2020 = 7.382
Year: 2019 = 7.990
The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.
Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO