South Africa Regional Explorer: Geographic, Economic and Demographic Data
A deep dive into the richest data sets for South Africa
Need to measure customer demand for products while avoiding supply chain disruptions? Or plan for future land use, transport, and development priorities?
The regional data you need to make informed decisions is hard to find and access in the public domain. Publicly available datasets are incomplete, definitions are inconsistent, data is aligned to regional boundaries that change over time and the data quickly becomes outdated.
South Africa Regional Explorer solves these problems by providing standardized data with complete time series, the latest municipal boundaries for all variables, consistent definitions across years and quarterly updates that deliver the latest data where you need it.
We synthesize data from the South African government and local industry sources to measure economic activity, track population dynamics and deliver a detailed analysis of key South African demographics.
Every subscription includes access to a team of analysts, economists and econometricians who can advise you on the interpretation of data and its implications.
Solutions
Data Sources
South Africa Regional Explorer consolidates a wide range of data sources such as Statistics South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, South African Revenue Services, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Mineral Resources, South African Petroleum Industry Association, National Electricity Regulator, and Eskom, Government departments including the National Treasury and the DTI, various development agencies, selected private research houses and many more.
South Africa Regional Explorer also connects with our Global Link Model, which provides a bigger picture across 68 countries.
Data Coverage, Concepts and Frequency
The region boundaries for South Africa Regional Explorer match the latest official municipal election boundaries. Older election boundaries and custom specified areas are available on request.
- 9 provinces of South Africa
- 44 district municipalities
- 205 local municipalities
- 8 metro municipalities
- Sub-metro areas
- Custom areas
- South Africa GDP and population
- South Africa employment and unemployment data by race, age, and gender for both the narrow and broad definition of unemployment
- South Africa personal income data
- Annual data from 1996 available for most variables
- Quarterly data available for select variables including GDP by region
Delivery Platforms
South Africa Regional Explorer is available via a desktop or web application.
Desktop application
- Enables extraction of any combination of data from the product offline.
- Extracts data into Microsoft Excel in tabular or pivot table format or as charts.
- Includes step-by-step methodologies for each model, a list of data sources, interactive maps of covered regions and more.
Web application
Provides online access to the data via pre-designed reports that analyze and summarize information from the South Africa Regional Explorer knowledge base.
Conveniently opens downloaded documents in Microsoft Word in a fully editable format.
What’s Included
Data Sets
Demography
South Africa population by gender, age and population group
Income and Expenditure
Households in South Africa by income bracket, disposable income and retail sales by category
Crime
Violent and property crimes and crime rates in South Africa
Development
South Africa population density, education levels and poverty indicators
Economic
South Africa GDP, remuneration and gross operating surplus
Fiscal
Statements of financial performance and financial position
Household Infrastructure
Type of housing, sanitation and water supply, and electricity access
Tourism
Trips by purpose, total tourist spending and tourist origin information
Labor
Economically active population and detailed unemployment data
International Trade
Details on South Africa imports and exports
Research & Analysis
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