🇿🇦 Africa · Southern Africa
South Africa
South Africa sustainability profile on GreenShift — renewables, EV adoption, climate policy, projects and related news.
- Capital: Pretoria
- Region: Africa · Southern Africa
- Population: 59,308,690
- Area: 1,221,037 km²
- ISO: ZA / ZAF
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ISO ZA / ZAF
Climate 18.80
Green 19.20
Population 59,308,690
1,221,037 km²
Key indicators
- Renewable share
- 6.45%
- EV adoption
- 1.00%
- CO₂ emissions
- —
- Capital
- Pretoria
Map
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Projects
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Policies
No policies linked yet.
Incentives
No incentives linked yet.
Cities
Johannesburg
Green score 19.20 · 1 chargers
Cape Town
Green score 19.20 · 1 chargers
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Green score 19.20 · 0 chargers
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
Green score 19.20 · 1 chargers
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Green score 19.20 · 1 chargers
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
Green score 19.20 · 0 chargers
Pretoria
Green score 19.20 · 1 chargers
Bloemfontein
Green score 19.20 · 0 chargers
Statistics
Open explorer →Access to electricity
%EV adoption (new car sales)
%Forest area
%GDP per capita
USD| Metric | Year | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to electricity | 2024 | 90.20 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2023 | 87.70 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2022 | 86.50 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2021 | 89.30 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2020 | 90.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2019 | 85.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2018 | 84.70 | % |
| EV adoption (new car sales) | 2026 | 1.00 | % |
| Forest area | 2024 | 18.79 | % |
| Forest area | 2023 | 18.72 | % |
| Forest area | 2022 | 18.65 | % |
| Forest area | 2021 | 18.57 | % |
| Forest area | 2020 | 18.50 | % |
| Forest area | 2019 | 18.43 | % |
| Forest area | 2018 | 18.36 | % |
| GDP per capita | 2025 | 6,597.71 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2024 | 6,267.19 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2023 | 6,034.27 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2022 | 6,534.25 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2021 | 6,828.76 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2020 | 5,580.60 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2019 | 6,533.71 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2018 | 6,914.18 | USD |
| Renewable electricity | 2021 | 6.45 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2020 | 6.01 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2019 | 5.24 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2018 | 4.88 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2021 | 9.70 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2020 | 9.80 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2019 | 8.70 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2018 | 8.00 | % |
