South Africa's hdi rose from 0.7 in 1994 to 0.7 in 2023.
South Africa · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
South Africa's life satisfaction fell from 5.1 in 2011 to 5.0 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs183rd of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −2.3 yrs174th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −9.2 %72nd of 73*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −2.7 %146th of 200
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- Homicide rateup +6.8 %103rd of 105
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.5 pts90th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +2.5 pts161st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.0 pts102nd of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs91st of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.1 pts184th of 185
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- Women in parliamentup +0.2 pts16th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for South Africa.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data