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Country description

South Africa is an upper middle income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 6.25 Thousand USD (2023) and HDI value of 0.72 (2022)

Index description

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI (PHDI): HDI value adjusted by the level of carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint per capita to account for the excessive human pressure on the planet.

Learn more about the Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index

Results for South Africa

	2022	2024	Simulator projection
Rank	81	90
Score	0.65Value: 0.648410856574599	0.67Value: 0.667	Value: 0.667

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Income Group

Region

Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index Rank 90 / Score 0.67
KPI	2024 - South Africa
KPI	Weight	Best	Worst	Aspirational value	Current Value
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita	Initial Value: 1	39.88	0.04	Worst: Qatar 39.88 Best: Somalia 0.04 82.11%	7.17Value: 7.16639
Material footprint per capita	Initial Value: 1	63.59	1.18	Worst: Qatar 63.59 Best: Afghanistan 1.18 91.22%	6.66Value: 6.6569
Adjustment factor for planetary pressures	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.51	Worst: Qatar 0.51 Best: Burundi 0.99 87.41%	0.93Value: 0.92959187502
Human development index	Initial Value: 1	0.97	0.38	Worst: Somalia 0.38 Best: Switzerland 0.97 57.12%	0.72Value: 0.717
Difference from HDI value (%)	Initial Value: 1	48.61	0.61	Worst: Burundi 0.61 Best: Qatar 48.61 13.4%	7.04Value: 7.0408124983

Index Global Highlights

Custom Region
Average
Weighted Average by population
Highest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank
Lowest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank

Global Details
Global Average		0.66 Value: 0.660376623376624
Developed Economies Average		0.79 0.793222222222222
Developing Economies Average		0.63 0.627324324324324
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85 0.846
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38 0.376
	Global Rank	154
Highest Ranked Developed Country	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85 0.846
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.68 0.685
	Global Rank	77
Highest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Chile
	Score	0.79 0.786
	Global Rank	24
Lowest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Niger
	Score	0.39 0.389
	Global Rank	150

Arab Region Details
Arab Average		0.61 0.6072
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine		0.68 0.6838
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen		0.46 0.463
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Jordan
	Score	0.71 0.706
	Global Rank	64
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38 0.376
	Global Rank	154
Highest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Jordan
	Score	0.71 0.706
	Global Rank	64
Lowest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Iraq
	Score	0.64 0.643
	Global Rank	98
Highest Arab LDC	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.52 0.52
	Global Rank	129
Lowest Arab LDC	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38 0.376
	Global Rank	154

Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR			0.76 0.764354166666667
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia			0.7 0.702157894736842
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine			0.62 0.620317073170731
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic			0.47 0.467461538461538

Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen		0.67 0.674444444444445
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia		0.65 0.649644444444445
Oil Exporting Best	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85 0.846
	Global Rank	1
Oil Exporting Worst	Country	South Sudan
	Score	0.38 0.376
	Global Rank	153
Oil Importing Best	Country	Spain
	Score	0.84 0.839
	Global Rank	2
Oil Importing Worst	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38 0.376
	Global Rank	154

OECD
OECD Average		0.79 0.790378378378378
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic		0.79 0.793181818181818
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey		0.76 0.7606
OECD Best	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85 0.846
	Global Rank	1
OECD Worst	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.68 0.685
	Global Rank	77
OECD Developed Best	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85 0.846
	Global Rank	1
OECD Developed Worst	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.68 0.685
	Global Rank	77
OECD Developing Best	Country	Chile
	Score	0.79 0.786
	Global Rank	24
OECD Developing Worst	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.72 0.725
	Global Rank	57

ESCWA region
Simple Average		0.61
Weighted Average by population		0.63
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Jordan
	Score	0.71
	Rank	64
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38
	Rank	154

Oil Exporting
Simple Average		0.67
Weighted Average by population		0.68
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	South Sudan
	Score	0.38
	Rank	153

Oil Importing
Simple Average		0.65
Weighted Average by population		0.63
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Spain
	Score	0.84
	Rank	2
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Somalia
	Score	0.38
	Rank	154

OECD Developing
Simple Average		0.76
Weighted Average by population		0.75
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Chile
	Score	0.79
	Rank	24
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.72
	Rank	57

OECD Developed
Simple Average		0.79
Weighted Average by population		0.78
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.68
	Rank	77

East Asia and Pacific
Simple Average		0.68
Weighted Average by population		0.69
Highest Ranked Country	Country	New Zealand
	Score	0.81
	Rank	11
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Papua New Guinea
	Score	0.56
	Rank	120

Europe and Central Asia
Simple Average		0.77
Weighted Average by population		0.78
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United Kingdom
	Score	0.85
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Turkmenistan
	Score	0.66
	Rank	93

Latin America and The Caribbean
Simple Average		0.7
Weighted Average by population		0.71
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Chile
	Score	0.79
	Rank	24
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Haiti
	Score	0.55
	Rank	121

North America
Simple Average		0.73
Weighted Average by population		0.74
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United States
	Score	0.74
	Rank	48
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Canada
	Score	0.73
	Rank	56

South Asia
Simple Average		0.62
Weighted Average by population		0.62
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Sri Lanka
	Score	0.76
	Rank	40
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Afghanistan
	Score	0.46
	Rank	142

Sub-Saharan Africa
Simple Average		0.51
Weighted Average by population		0.52
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Botswana
	Score	0.68
	Rank	84
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Chad
	Score	0.38
	Rank	152

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