Portulans Institute

South Africa

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 64,007,187
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 15,424

Performance Overview

ISO3

ZAF

Country

South Africa

Score

41.19

Rank

79

Input

75

Output

88

Enable

53.56

Attract

53.62

Grow

32.03

Retain

45.13

VT

40.12

GA

22.71

Pillar: Enable Score: 53.56Rank: 52
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Regulatory Landscape

46.11 78

1. Government effectiveness

43.9585

2. Rule of law

54.3360

3. Political stability

49.68105

4. Regulatory quality

41.5882

5. Corruption

41.0066

Market Landscape

51.10 61

1. Extent of market dominance

40.9594

2. Domestic credit to private sector

43.4325

3. Cluster development

49.9655

4. R&D expenditure

9.6157

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

98.8640

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

63.8160

Business & Labour Landscape

63.46 22

1. Labour rights

90.2045

2. Labour-employer cooperation

52.15109

3. Professional management

66.8937

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

48.8758

5. Enterprise software

36.9524

6. Cloud computing

70.397

7. Firms with website

78.7830
Pillar: Attract Score: 53.62Rank: 59
SCORERANK

External Openness

40.98 69

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

91.7832

2. Financial globalisation

59.3771

3. Migrant stock

7.7375

4. International students

8.4674

5. Brain gain

50.7062

6. AI skills migration

27.8339

Internal Openness

66.25 47

1. Tolerance of minorities

39.3674

2. Tolerance of immigrants

70.7739

3. Social mobility

51.51100

4. Economic empowerment of women

88.1350

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

86.1144

6. Leadership opportunities for women

61.6486
Pillar: Grow Score: 32.03Rank: 84
SCORERANK

Formal Education

19.60 73

1. Vocational enrolment

8.1895

2. Tertiary enrolment

12.8297

3. Tertiary education expenditure

15.6040

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

41.8031

Lifelong Learning

37.45 63

1. Business masters education

37.0330

2. Prevalence of training in firms

5.25110

3. Employee development

70.0521

Access to Growth Opportunities

39.03 100

1. Delegation of authority

62.9142

2. Youth inclusion

23.14116

3. Use of virtual social networks

39.96101

4. Use of virtual professional networks

30.1245
Pillar: Retain Score: 45.13Rank: 93
SCORERANK

Sustainability

47.10 78

1. Pension coverage

79.6971

2. Social protection

32.0494

3. Brain retention

40.5579

4. Environmental performance

42.7084

5. Vulnerable employment

88.0037

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

19.44103

7. Household Financial Resilience

27.2665

Lifestyle

43.16 102

1. Personal rights

74.2939

2. Personal safety

11.62129

3. Physician density

11.8893

4. Sanitation

73.4999

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

44.5390
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 40.12Rank: 98
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Mid-level Skills

41.60 69

1. Workforce with secondary education

52.1047

2. Population with secondary education

43.8760

3. Technicians and associate professionals

41.6352

4. Labour productivity per employee

28.8262

Employability

38.63 132

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

48.9497

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

35.3298

3. Skills matching

62.4462

4. Highly educated unemployment

7.84121
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 22.71Rank: 75
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High-level Skills

22.58 80

1. Workforce with tertiary education

20.8089

2. Soft Skills

50.6285

3. Professionals

11.7696

4. Researchers

4.4076

5. Senior officials and managers

47.6612

6. Digital skills

18.3351

7. AI talent concentration

4.5143

Talent Impact

22.83 61

1. ICT services exports

7.9183

2. Mobile apps development

62.5374

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

21.1954

4. High-value exports

8.8673

5. Software development

4.2487

6. New business density

45.4510

7. Scientific journal articles

9.6263

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