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Fertility planning in South Africa.

Fertility planning in South Africa.

For most women, the news that they are expecting a baby is a happy event filled with excitement in anticipation of the arrival of their bundle of joy. However, not all births are “wanted”. A recent report by Statistics South Africa entitled Unwanted Fertility in South Africa reveals that about 20% of all births in   read more »


Unwanted Fertility in South Africa 2016 Report

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                     02 March 2020 Unwanted Fertility in South Africa 2016 Report According to the 2016 Unwanted fertility report released by Statistics South Africa, amongst women born in 1965-1969, about 54% of them experienced fertility when they did not plan to have any more births, and this was an increase from 13,2% in the 1998   read more »


SA’s Millennials have made substantial strides in education outcomes

SA’s Millennials have made substantial strides in education outcomes

It is often said that each generation should be better off than their parents. In South Africa, generational changes have largely been impacted by important political changes that affected the choices available to Generation X’ers and Millennials in terms of their educational and labour market participations. According to a recent report, Education and Labour Market   read more »


Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                20 February 2020 Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa. The Statistician-General, of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will   read more »


Statement from the South African Statistics Council on Stats SA funding

February 2020 Professor David Everatt, Chairperson, on behalf of the South African Statistics Council David.everatt@wits.ac.za,  0834559466 Stats SA is a globally recognised centre of excellence for producing official statistics. Stats SA is the only source of official statistics in South Africa. It has both kept in touch with or led best practice, notably in developing   read more »


Mining loses shine for the second year in a row

Mining loses shine for the second year in a row

Exactly a week after delegates closed the 26th Investing in African Mining Indaba, Stats SA released data on the performance of the mining industry in 2019. The level of production was 1,3% lower in 2019 than 2018, which in turn was 2,1% lower than 2017. Despite a positive showing from both copper and manganese, a   read more »


Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Mini Test Phase 2 begins

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Mini Test Phase 2 begins

Fieldworkers from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be collecting data from Special Dwelling Institutions (SDIs), the transients, homeless and population in dwelling units from 15 February to 13 March 2020 during the Census 2021 Mini Test – Phase 2. The test will be conducted in selected areas in Bojanala, Buffalo City, Capricon, City of   read more »


HOW UNEQUAL IS SOUTH AFRICA?

HOW UNEQUAL IS SOUTH AFRICA?

South Africa is known as one of the most unequal countries in the world, reporting a per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient of 0,67 in 2006, dropping to 0,65 in 2015. This is according to the Inequality Trends in South Africa report released by Stats SA. According to the Palma ratio, the top 10% of the population   read more »


Stats SA’s NHTS aims to inform transport planning

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                     29  January  2020                                                              Stats SA’s NHTS   read more »


Inflation quickens slightly in December

Inflation quickens slightly in December

Annual consumer inflation edged up to 4,0% in December from November’s 3,6%. The main contributors to the 4,0% rate were food and non-alcoholic beverages; housing and utilities; transport; and miscellaneous goods and services. The food and non-alcoholic beverages category recorded an annual rate of 3,9%, slightly higher than the 3,5% recorded in November. Bread and   read more »


P0318.2 - Selected development indicators

This is an annual publication and is based on data from the General Household Survey. The publication summarizes a number of developmental indicators that are used directly or indirectly by various institutions and Government Departments for the purposes of project monitoring and data confrontation.read more »


P0351 - Tourism and Migration

The information in this release pertains to arrivals into and departures from RSA, of both South African residents and foreign travelers, as recorded at all national border posts. Information on migration is currently unavailable but will be published when data acquisition and processing are finalized.read more »


D0441.1 - Provincial Gross Domestic Product: Experimental Estimates

Provincial Gross Domestic Product measures the size of the economy of provinces and its growth rate over time. In this discussion document, Stats SA is publishing experimental estimates of provincial gross domestic product from 2013 - 2022. Time series data covers both provincial GDP in nominal and real prices. These are not official statistics; rather, the aim of the document is to invite comment regarding the experimental estimates, data sources and the methodology followed. Subsequent to stakeholder interaction and feedback, an official statistical release will be developed and publishedread more »


D0401.3 - Accounts for Strategic Water Source Areas, 1990 to 2020

This report presents the results of South Africas first set of accounts for Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs) for the period 1990 to 2020, which form part of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) and the Stats SAs Natural Capital series. This report provides background on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA), SWSAs, and accounts for SWSAs, including the scope of the accounts, their purpose and key indicators that can be drawn from the accounts.read more »


D9130 - Discussion document on Quarterly Capital Expenditure

The purpose of the discussion document is to present the results of the new capital expenditure survey and to examine further breakdowns of actual new quarterly capital expenditure information. The information contained in this discussion document i.e. results from the capital expenditure survey, represent aggregates from a panel of responding businesses.read more »


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