South Africa (ZA) is covered on EconEarth with economy, market, and country data, including a public EE Score when the country is eligible for the ranking.
Africa's most industrialised economy, with deep capital markets, mines and a sophisticated private sector. Load shedding, logistics failures and high unemployment have wasted a lot of that inheritance. Politics is noisy and crime is a real cost of doing business, yet the corporate core remains more capable than in most emerging peers.
EE Score: 79.2. EE Score rank: #71 of 165. EE Economy: 77.7. EE Risk: 85.5. EE Growth: 74.2. EE Impact: 78.8. EE Scale: 74.1. EE Score vintage: 2026-10-02. Region: Africa. Population: 65M (rank #24). GDP: $480.0 billion. GDP per capita: $7,503 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +0.8%. Inflation: +5.9%. Policy rate: 8.25%. Currency: ZAR. Equity market cap: $500.0 billion.