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South Africa

Head of State President Thabo Mbeki
Capital City Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative)
Languages English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, SeSotho (South), SiPedi (North Sotho), SiSwati, ShiTsonga, SiTswana, TshiVenda, IsiXhosa and IsiZulu
Currency Rand (R) = 100 Cents
Area 1 219 090 sq.km
Population 46.4 million (Mid-year estimates 2003)
Literacy 85.9% (1996)
Urbanization 56% (Census 2001)
Natural Resources Gold, Coal, Platinum, Iron Ore, Copper, Timber, Sugar, Fish, Wildlife, Sea and Marine Resources.
Source: [www.sadc.int]
   
SADC HDI Rank COUNTRY HPI Rank HUMAN POVERTY INDEX (HPI-1) VALUE
%
1998 		% OF MEMBERS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE BEYOND 40 YEARS OF AGE
1998 		ADULT ILLITERACY RATE
%
1998 		POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE WATER(5)
1990-98 		POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
%
1981-93 		UNDER-WEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS
%
1990-98 		POPULATION WITHOUT SAFE WATER & HEALTH SERVICES & UNDER-WEIGHT CHILDREN
%
1981-98 		CHILDREN NOT REACHING GRADE 5
%
1995-97
1 Seychelles - - 16.0 - 1 6a - 1
2 Mauritius 12 11.5 4.8 16.2 2 1 16 6.3 1
3 South Africa 11 20.2 25.9 15.4 13 25 9 15.7 35
4 Swaziland 9 27.3 20.2 21.7 50 45 10 35.0 24
5 Namibia 7 28.6 33.5 19.2 17 45c 26 29.3 14
6 Botswana 8 28.3 37.1 24.4 10 14 17 13.7 10
7 Lesotho 10 23.3 26.0 17.6 38 20 16 24.7 20
8 Zimbabwe 5.0 30.0 41.0 12.8 21 29 15 21.7 21
9 DR Congo   - 31.7 41.1 32.0 0 - - 26
10 Zambia 4 37.8 46.2 23.7 62 25 24 37.0 16
11 Tanzania 6 29.2 35.4 26.4 34 7 27 22.7 19
12 Angola 1 54.7 37.7 58.0 69 76 42 62.3 -
13 Malawi 3 41.9 47.5 41.8 53 20 30 34.3 -
14 Mozambique 2 50.7 41.9 57.7 54 70 26 50.0 54
SADC     31.5 35.3 29.0 35.4 31.3 22.0 29.4 22


SADC HDI Rank COUNTRY REFUGEES BY COUNTRY OF ASYLUM (THOUSANDS)
1996		 REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$)
POOREST
20%
1980-94		 REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$)
RICHEST
20%
1980-94 		% OF POPULATION BELOW INCOME POVERTY LINE
US$1 A DAY(1993 PPP$)
1989-98 		% OF POPULATION BELOW INCOME POVERTY LINE
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
1987-97 		% OF POPULATION BELOW 2/3 OF NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME
URBAN
1991-95 		% OF POPULATION BELOW 2/3 OF NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME
RURAL
1991-95 		GINI COEFFICIENTS
1980-98 		% OF HOUSEHOLDS’ INCOME SPENT ON FOOD
1991-95
1 Seychelles - - - - - - - 0.47 -
2 Mauritius - - - - 10.6 - - - 0.52
3 South Africa 22.6 516 9 897 11.5 - 82 - 0.59 48
4 Swaziland 0.6 - - - 66.0 - - 0.51 -
5 Namibia 2.2 - - - - - - 0.70 -
6 Botswana 0.2 - - 33.3a 47.0 - - 0.54 -
7 Lesotho - 137 2 945 50.4 26.0 - - 0.57 -
8 Zimbabwe 0.6 420 6 542 36.0 74.0 - - 0.63 63b
9 DR Congo 676.0 - - - - - - - -
10 Zambia 131.1 216 2 797 72.6 86.0 75 75 0.50 75
11 Tanzania 498.7 217 1 430 19.9 51.1 52 52 0.38 70
12 Angola 9.4 - - - - - - 0.54 -
13 Malawi 1.3 - - 42.1 54.0 - - 0.62 -
14 Mozambique 0.2 - - - - - - - -
SADC   1 342.9             0.58  


SADC HDI Rank SADC-SPECIFIC HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) LIFE EXPECTANCY INDEX INFANT MORTALITY RATE (PER 1 000 LIVE BIRTHS) POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO SAFE WATER (%)
RANK COUNTRY 1995 1997 1998 1970-75 1995 1998 1970 1996 1998 1975-80 1990-98
1 Seychelles 0.805 0.776 0.808 - 72.0 71.0 - 32 14 - -
2 Mauritius 0.767 0.786 0.782 62.9 70.9 71.6 64 20 19 99 98
3 South Africa 0.758 0.715 0.718 53.6 64.1 53.2 80 50 60 - 87
4 Swaziland 0.666 0.661 0.672 47.3 58.8 60.7 140 68 64 - 50
5 Namibia 0.672 0.657 0.651 48.7 55.8 50.1 104 60 57 - 83
6 Botswana 0.627 0.630 0.613 53.2 51.7 46.2 98 40 38 - 90
7 Lesotho 0.565 0.596 0.583 49.5 58.1 55.2 125 96 94 17 62
8 Zimbabwe 0.593 0.574 0.570 51.5 48.9 43.5 86 49 59 - 79
9 Dr Congo 0.505 0.489 0.440 46.1 52.4 51.2 147 128 128 19 68
10 Zambia 0.450 0.442 0.429 47.3 42.7 40.5 109 112 112 42 38
11 Tanzania 0.422 0.429 0.422 46.5 50.6 47.9 129 93 91 39 66
12 Angola 0.448 0.410 0.419 38.0 47.4 47.0 179 170 170 17 31
13 Malawi 0.394 0.409 0.393 41.0 41.0 39.5 189 137 134 51 47
14 Mozambique 0.348 0.351 0.350 42.5 46.3 43.8 163 133 129 - 46
SADC   0.533 0.518 0.504 47.4 52.9 48.7 113 110 107 - 66


SADC HDI UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE YEARS
(%)		 ADULT LITERACY RATE
(%)		 COMBINED PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
(%)
RANK COUNTRY 1975 1990-98 1970 1995 1998 1980 1995 1998
1 Seychelles - 6 - 88 84.0 - 61 76
2 Mauritius 32 16 65 83 83.8 48 61 63
3 South Africa - 9 70 82 84.6 - 81 95
4 Swaziland - 10 49 77 78.3 59 77 72
5 Namibia - 26 - 76 80.8 - 83 84
6 Botswana - 17 44 70 75.6 51 71 71
7 Lesotho 20 16 47 71 82.4 52 56 57
8 Zimbabwe 25 15 66 85 87.2 41 69 68
9 DR Congo - - 44 77 58.9 46 41 33
10 Zambia 17 24 48 78 76.3 46 52 49
11 Tanzania 25 27 37 68 73.6 44 33 33
12 Angola - 42 - 42 42.0 54 30 25
13 Malawi 19 30 38 56 58.2 33 76 75
14 Mozambique - 26 16 40 42.3 29 25 25
SADC   - 19 49 71 68.7 38 51.8 51.14


SADC HDI REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$)
RANK COUNTRY 1 960 1995 1998
1 Seychelles - 10 350 10 600
2 Mauritius 2 113 7 480 8 312
3 South Africa 2 984 8 582 8 488
4 Swaziland 1 182 3 948 3 816
5 Namibia - 5 307 5 176
6 Botswana 474 5 764 6 163
7 Lesotho 346 1 430 1 626
8 Zimbabwe 937 2 512 2 669
9 DR Congo - 947 822
10 Zambia 1 172 733 719
11 Tanzania 272 461 480
12 Angola - 2 590 1 821
13 Malawi 423 489 523
14 Mozambique 1 368 644 782
SADC   152 2 888 2 663
 
Source: These tables are contained in the SADC Regional Human Development Report 2000: Challenges and opportunities for regional integration. The report is published by the United Nations Development Programme, the Southern African Development Community and the Southern African Political Economy Series Trust.

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