South Africa

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle-income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 63,212,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 16,050

Performance Overview

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ZAF

Country

South Africa

Score

47.94

Rank

69

Technology

43.41

People

39.04

Governance

64.54

Impact

44.77

Pillar: Technology Score: 43.41Rank: 66
SCORERANK

Access

66.58 73

1. Mobile tariffs

51.2493

2. Handset prices

60.8071

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

46.2728

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.2140

5. International Internet bandwidth

75.3742

6. Internet access in schools

n/a n/a

Content

26.65 58

1. GitHub commits

4.1385

2. Internet domain registrations

6.7052

3. Mobile apps development

62.5371

4. AI scientific publications

33.2424

Future technologies

37.01 54

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

66.2446

2. Investment in emerging technologies

51.7540

3. Robot density

4.3839

4. Computer software spending

25.6635
Pillar: People Score: 39.04Rank: 72
SCORERANK

Individuals

37.36 102

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

27.1540

2. ICT skills in the education system

29.2798

3. Use of virtual social networks

39.7398

4. Adult literacy rate

86.1558

5. AI talent concentration

4.5143

Businesses

41.62 38

1. Firms with website

78.7830

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

7.2457

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

49.7931

4. Public cloud computing market scale

30.6524

Governments

38.15 68

1. Government online services

86.4324

2. Data Capabilities

30.6361

3. Government promotion of emerging technologies

25.9286

4. Gross expenditure on R&D

9.6157
Pillar: Governance Score: 64.54Rank: 55
SCORERANK

Trust

61.32 61

1. Secure internet servers

78.2938

2. Cybersecurity

83.4873

3. Online access to financial account

67.3610

4. Internet shopping

16.1582

Regulation

64.48 58

1. Regulatory quality

36.6383

2. ICT regulatory environment

77.5051

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

44.8261

4. E-commerce legislation

1001

5. Privacy protection by law content

63.4462

Inclusion

67.83 55

1. E-Participation

82.6129

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

60.180

3. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a n/a

4. Rural gap in use of digital payments

60.7745
Pillar: Impact Score: 44.77Rank: 100
SCORERANK

Economy

31.85 65

1. ICT patent applications

1.2851

2. Domestic market scale

65.5532

3. Technology-Enabled Work Flexibility

52.6747

4. ICT services exports

7.9181

Quality of life

37.96 117

1. Happiness

43.6390

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.2597

3. Income inequality

0113

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

28123

SDG Contribution

64.51 64

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

8072

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

82.7351

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

44.78113

5. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

52.0279

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