Countries / South Africa
South Africa
HighRanked #106 of 195 in 2023 · Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
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0.741 in 2023, compared against the world and Sub-Saharan Africa average.
Components
66.1 yrs
Life expectancy
13.8 yrs
Expected schooling
11.6 yrs
Mean schooling
13,694
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.476
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
0.996
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.
Gender Inequality Index
0.388
Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
0.685
HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.