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This is a list of South African provinces by poverty rate as of 2014. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The estimates can therefore differ from other estimates, like the national poverty rate.
The Eastern Cape is the poorest province in South Africa and has the highest expanded and official unemployment rate in the country. [6] [7] [8] Subsistence agriculture predominates in the former homelands, resulting in widespread poverty.
Province HDI (2022) High human development 1 Western Cape: 0.755 2 Gauteng: 0.739 3 Limpopo : 0.718 – South Africa (average) 0.717: 4 Free State: 0.716 5 KwaZulu-Natal: 0.714 6 Northern Cape: 0.705 Medium human development 7 Mpumalanga: 0.682 8 North West: 0.680 9 Eastern Cape: 0.678
It has been suggested that this article be merged with List of South African provinces by GDP. ( Discuss ) Proposed since February 2025. This article lists the provinces of South Africa by their gross regional domestic product (GDP) per capita .
The poorest South African provinces today are those that encompass former African reserves (Eastern Cape, Limpopo Province, and Kwazulu-Natal). [33] These places are especially known for their higher rates of malnutrition as compared to the already high rates of South Africa.
South African provinces by GDP. Rank Province GDP ... South Africa: 6,628.550: 406.330: 6,532: See also. List of South African provinces by gross domestic product per ...
The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
In rural areas South African municipalities are generally in a poor and deteriorating financial state, [4] a situation which affects business activity and risks, livelihoods and growth propects of the economy. Businesses and their insurers have expressed concern that business assets in rural municipalities are not insurable.