South Africa In-depth PESTLE Insights

South Africa In-depth PESTLE Insights


Summary

This PESTLE country analysis report on South Africa provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Synopsis
  • Understand the political system in South Africa through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
  • Understand the economic situation in South Africa through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
  • Understand customer demographics in South Africa through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
  • Understand the technological landscape in South Africa through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
  • Understand the legal landscape in South Africa through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
  • Understand the environmental landscape in South Africa through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
Scope
  • The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in South Africa, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
  • The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of South Africa 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment.
  • The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to Buy
  • What is the outlook in South Africa in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
  • How does South Africa perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
  • How does South Africa perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
  • How does South Africa perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?


Overview
Catalyst
Summary
Key findings
PESTLE highlights
Key macroeconomic updates
Key economic updates
Key fundamentals
Key Facts and Geographic Location
Key facts
Geographic location
PESTLE Analysis
Summary
Political analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospects
Future risks
Economic analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospect
Future risks
Social analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospects
Future risks
Technological analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospects
Future risks
Legal analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospects
Future risks
Environmental analysis
Overview
Current strengths
Current challenges
Future prospects
Future risks
Political Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Key political figures
Structure of government
Key political parties
Composition of government
Key policies
Performance
Governance indicators
Outlook
Economic Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Pre 1950
1945-90
1991 onwards
Structure and policies
Financial authorities and regulators
Performance
GDP and GDP growth rate
GDP composition by sector
Agriculture
Industry
Fiscal situation
International trade
Government debt
Current account
International investment position
Monetary situation
Employment
Outlook
Social Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Demographic composition
Healthcare
Education
Performance
Healthcare
Education
Outlook
Technological Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Mobile and internet users
Outlook
Legal Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Judicial system
Tax regulations
Performance
Effectiveness of legal system
Outlook
Environmental Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Environmental impact
Outlook
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List of Tables
Table 1: Key fundamentals, 2020-27f
Table 2: Key facts, 2023
Table 3: Analysis of political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of economic landscape
Table 5: Analysis of social landscape
Table 6: Analysis of technological landscape
Table 7: Analysis of legal landscape
Table 8: Analysis of environmental landscape
Table 9: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2022
List of Figures
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of South Africa 2023
Figure 3: General government gross debt, 2018-28f
Figure 4: Share of agriculture to GDP (nominal), 2022
Figure 5: South Africa’s export destinations share as % of total exports, 2022
Figure 6: FDI regulatory restrictiveness index, 2020
Figure 7: Timeline of key political events
Figure 8: Key political figures
Figure 9: Composition of seats in the National Assembly as of mid-2022
Figure 10: Historical GDP growth rate, 2012-22f
Figure 11: Real GDP and GDP growth rate, 2018-23f
Figure 12: GDP composition by sector, 2022
Figure 13: Agricultural output, 2018-23f
Figure 14: Industrial output, 2018-23f
Figure 15: Services output, 2018-23f
Figure 16: Growth in volume of exports and imports, 2018-27f
Figure 17: Consumer price index and inflation rate, 2018-27f
Figure 18: Unemployment rate, 2018-27f
Figure 19: Major religions, 2022 est.
Figure 20: Government expenditure on healthcare, 2018-27f
Figure 21: Government expenditure on education, 2018-27f
Figure 22: Internet users, 2018-23f
Figure 23: CO2 emissions, 2012-22

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