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Indicators for download
Id
Indicator
1.1.1
Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
Goal 1
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
Goal 1
1.2.1A
Number of social grants
Goal 1
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
Goal 1
1.3.1D
Percentage of population covered by social protection systems, distinguishing children, older persons and persons with disabilities
Goal 1
1.4.1D
Proportion of population living in households with access to improved sanitation facilities
Goal 1
1.5.1D
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Goal 1
1.5.3D
Number of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies adopted by South Africa
Goal 1
1.a.2
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Goal 1
2.1.2D
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (based on the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) index)
Goal 2
2.2.1
Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age
Goal 2
2.2.2
Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)
Goal 2
2.5.1
Number of plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
Goal 2
2.5.2D
Number of producers benefiting from animal improvement schemes
Goal 2
2.a.2
Total official flows (official development assistance plus other official flows) to the agriculture sector
Goal 2
3.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
Goal 3
3.1.2
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
Goal 3
3.1.2A
Percentage of mothers and children who receive post-natal care either at home or in a facility and within 6 days of delivery (1+visit)
Goal 3
3.2.1
Under‑5 mortality rate
Goal 3
3.2.2
Neonatal mortality rate
Goal 3
3.2.2A1
Infant mortality rate (IMR)
Goal 3
3.2.2A2
Stillbirth rate (per 1 000 total births)
Goal 3
3.3.1
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
Goal 3
3.3.1A1
HIV prevalence
Goal 3
3.3.1A2
The number and percentage of people living with HIV exposed to antiretroviral treatment by age and sex
Goal 3
3.3.2
Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
Goal 3
3.3.3
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population
Goal 3
3.3.4D
Mortality due to hepatitis B, per 100 000 population
Goal 3
3.4.1
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
Goal 3
3.4.2
Suicide mortality rate
Goal 3
3.5.2
Harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
Goal 3
3.6.1
Death rate due to road traffic injuries
Goal 3
3.7.1
Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
Goal 3
3.7.1A
Couple year protection rate
Goal 3
3.7.2
Adolescent birth rate (aged 10–14 years; aged 15–19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group
Goal 3
3.9.3
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
Goal 3
3.a.1
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
Goal 3
3.b.1
Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
Goal 3
3.b.3D
Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
Goal 3
3.d.1
International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
Goal 3
4.1.1
Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
Goal 4
4.1.1A1
Percentage of children in the population who completed: a) Grade 7; b) Grade 9; c) Grade 12
Goal 4
4.1.1A2
Percentage of youth aged 15–24 (and 15–34) years who dropped out of school without completing Grade 12
Goal 4
4.2.2
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
Goal 4
4.2.2A
Number of children accessing registered ECD Programmes
Goal 4
4.3.1
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
Goal 4
4.4.1A
Number of graduates in public and private higher institutions
Goal 4
4.4.1D
Percentage of youth and adult university graduates by field of study
Goal 4
4.5.1
Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
Goal 4
4.5.1A
Percentage of 7 - 18 year olds with disabilities who are attending an educational institutions
Goal 4
4.6.1D
Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
Goal 4
4.a.1
Proportion of schools with access to (a) electricity; (b) the Internet for pedagogical purposes; (c) computers for pedagogical purposes; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities (as per the WASH indicator definitions)
Goal 4
4.c.1D
Percentage of permanent educators that have minimum required teacher qualifications (REQV13)
Goal 4
5.2.1D
Percentage of ever-partnered women and girls aged 18 years and older subjected to physical or sexual violence by any partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
Goal 5
5.2.2A
Incidence of human trafficking for sexual purposes brought to police attention
Goal 5
5.2.2D
Number of women and girls aged 15/18 who have accessed victim empowerment centres in the previous 12 months by age and place of occurance.
Goal 5
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20–24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
Goal 5
5.3.1A
Percentage of early marriages experienced by girls before the age of 15 years
Goal 5
5.4.1D
Percentage of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex
Goal 5
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
Goal 5
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
Goal 5
5.6.1D
Proportion of women aged 18–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
Goal 5
5.a.1D
Percentage of individual land owners by sex
Goal 5
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
Goal 5
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
Goal 6
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
Goal 6
6.3.1D
Proportion of water containing waste safely treated and lawfully discharged.
Goal 6
6.3.2D
Proportion of bodies of water that comply to South African water quality objectives
Goal 6
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
Goal 6
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
Goal 6
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0–100)
Goal 6
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
Goal 6
6.6.1Da
Extent in the spatial extent of water related ecosystems at a point in time, including wetlands, reservoirs, lakes and estuaries as a percentage of total land area.
Goal 6
6.6.1Db
Change in the national discharge of Rivers and Estuaries over time
Goal 6
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
Goal 6
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Goal 6
7.1.1
Proportion of population with access to electricity
Goal 7
7.1.2D
Percentage of the population that uses solar energy as their main source of energy
Goal 7
7.2.1
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
Goal 7
7.2.1A1
Amount of renewable energy at annual operating capacity
Goal 7
7.2.1A2
Annual amount of electricity produced from renewable sources
Goal 7
7.3.1
Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP
Goal 7
8.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
Goal 8
8.2.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
Goal 8
8.3.1
Share of informal employment in non-agriculture employment by sex
Goal 8
8.4.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Goal 8
8.5.1D
Median monthly earnings of female and male employees by occupations
Goal 8
8.5.2
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Goal 8
8.5.2 A
Goal 8
8.6.1
Percentage of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training (NEET)
Goal 8
8.6.1A
Percentage of youth (15-34 yrs) not in education, employment or training
Goal 8
8.7.1D
Percentage of children aged 7–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
Goal 8
8.8.1
Frequency rates of fatal and non- fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status
Goal 8
8.9.1
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
Goal 8
8.10.1
Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
Goal 8
9.1.2D
Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport
Goal 9
9.2.1
Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita
Goal 9
9.2.2
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment
Goal 9
9.5.1
Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
Goal 9
9.5.1A
Business expenditure on R&D (BERD) as a percentage of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD)
Goal 9
9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
Goal 9
9.b.1
Proportion of medium and high- tech industry value added in total value added
Goal 9
9.c.1
Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology (Narrowband and broadband)
Goal 9
10.1.1
Growth rates of household expenditure or income per capita among the bottom 40 per cent of the population and the total population
Goal 10
10.2.1
Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Goal 10
10.4.1
Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers
Goal 10
10.6.1D
The number of international organisations in which South Africa has membership and voting rights
Goal 10
11.1.1A
Number of homeloans granted by development finance institutions(DFIs) to households in the affordable housing market
Goal 11
11.1.1Da
Percentage of urban population living in informal dwellings
Goal 11
11.1.1Db
Percentage of urban residents having access to basic services within informal dwellings
Goal 11
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
Goal 11
11.6.1D
Percentage of municipal wasted generated and recycled
Goal 11
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
Goal 11
11.b.2D
Number of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies adopted by South Africa
Goal 11
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Goal 12
12.4.1D
Percentage of international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that South Africa has committed to
Goal 12
13.1.2D
Number of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies adopted by South Africa
Goal 13
14.5.1A
South African Marine Protected Areas (MPA) as a percentage of total Exclusive Economic Zone
Goal 14
14.5.1D
Proportion of marine and coastal ecosystem types that are well-represented in protected areas
Goal 14
14.a.1D
Marine sciences funding as a proportion of total government funding and GERD.
Goal 14
15.1.1
Forest area as a proportion of total land area
Goal 15
15.1.2D
Percentage of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystem types that are well protected
Goal 15
15.2.1D
Percentage of forest within formally proclaimed protected areas
Goal 15
15.3.1
Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area
Goal 15
15.4.1D
Percentage of mountain ecosystem types that are well-represented in protected areas
Goal 15
15.5.1
Red List Index
Goal 15
16.1.1D
Number of murder victims per 100,000 population
Goal 16
16.1.3(a)A1
Proportion of households that experienced at least one case of home robbery
Goal 16
16.1.3(a)A2
Proportion of population aged 16 and above who experienced at least one case of robbery outside the home
Goal 16
16.1.3(a)D
Proportion of population aged 16 and above who experienced at least one incident of assault in the previous 12 months
Goal 16
16.1.3(c)A1
Incidence of rape brought to the attention of police per 100 000 population
Goal 16
16.1.3(c)A2
Incidence of sexual assault brought to the attention of police per 100 000 population
Goal 16
16.1.4A
Percentage of household heads’ perceptions on trends of crime
Goal 16
16.1.4D
Number of household heads per 100 000 who feel safe walking alone in the dark
Goal 16
16.2.1A
Percentage of learners in grades 8–11 who had been threatened or injured by someone with a weapon on school property during the preceding six months
Goal 16
16.2.1D
Proportion of children who experienced corporal punishment at school in the last twelve months
Goal 16
16.2.2D
Incidence of human trafficking for sexual purposes brought to police attention
Goal 16
16.2.3D
Proportion of learners in grades 8–11 who self-reported to having ever been forced to have sex
Goal 16
16.3.1D
Proportion of victims of assault (aged over 16 years) who indicated having reported their victimisation to the police
Goal 16
16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
Goal 16
16.3.2A
Proportion of unsentenced detainees remanded for longer than one year
Goal 16
16.4.2D
Number of stolen/lost and illegal firearms recovered and inventoried prior to return or destruction
Goal 16
16.5.1
Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months
Goal 16
16.5.1D
Proportion of population aged 16 and above who were asked for a bribe by a public official in the previous 12 months
Goal 16
16.7.1
Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions
Goal 16
16.8.1D
The number of international organisations in which South Africa has membership and voting rights
Goal 16
16.9.1
Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age
Goal 16
16.9.1A
Proportion of registered births that are being registered within one year of the birth
Goal 16
16.10.2D
Number of constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information that South Africa has adopted and implemented
Goal 16
16.a.1
Existence of independent national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles
Goal 16
16.b.1D
Proportion of population aged 16 and above reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Goal 16
17.1.1
Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
Goal 17
17.1.2
Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes
Goal 17
17.6.2
Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
Goal 17
17.8.1D
Percentage of households using the internet
Goal 17
17.10.1
Worldwide weighted tariff- average
Goal 17
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
Goal 17
17.12.1
Average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
Goal 17
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
Goal 17
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
Goal 17
Id
Indicator
1.1.1
Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
Goal 1
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
Goal 1
1.2.1A
Number of social grants
Goal 1
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
Goal 1
1.3.1D
Percentage of population covered by social protection systems, distinguishing children, older persons and persons with disabilities
Goal 1
1.4.1D
Proportion of population living in households with access to improved sanitation facilities
Goal 1
1.5.1D
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Goal 1
1.5.3D
Number of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies adopted by South Africa
Goal 1
1.a.2
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Goal 1