Data Deskette

List of South African coal-fired power stations and their individual generating units.

A list of registered power generation projects. Data from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa. These lists are typically updated monthly, though this is not always the case.

Data for the Bhekisisa cholera map. Provides provincial and total cholera data.

A collection of sources for African climate data

ISO codes for Africa countries, both 2- and 3-digits.

The greenhouse gas emissions for methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in kilotons for Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The generation of renewable power, such as solar power and wind energy, in terawatt hours, one trillion watt-hours, for Angola, Kenya and South Africa

The average temperatures each month in celsius for Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe from 1990 to 2020.

The rainfall each month in millimetres for Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe from 1990 to 2020.

The fossil fuel emissions for Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.

Energy generation sources including fossil fuels, solar and wind for selected countries in Africa: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Loadshedding stage by date from March 2014 to October 2023. This data is used to track the severity of blackouts in South Africa.

List of current mayors of all South Africa's municipalities, their ages, sex and the political party. The dataset is compiled and maintained by The Outlier from press releases and news articles. It is updated when there is a change in leadership in a municipality. Usage: This data is free to use but you must credit The Outlier and include a link to theoutlier.co.za

The most popular dogs registered in South Africa from 2012 to 2022

A list of definitions and descriptions for key emissions measures.

Population exposed to high flood risk in 188 countries including their poverty levels. Downloaded from: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-022-30727-4/MediaObjects/41467_2022_30727_MOESM1_ESM.pdf on 21 Sep 2022 and scraped from PDF into a dataset. It was then joined with the World Bank country income group dataset. For more information about the data see https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30727-4#MOESM1 Usage: The original article was published under a creative commons licence. Please attribute to the source.

The carbon dioxide emissions released by South Africa’s power utility Eskom between 2000 and 2020 from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report released annually.

Severe weather events in eThekwini between 1987 and 2022. Includes type of event, the start and end dates and a description of the event.

Population of eThekwini, South Africa, from Statistics South Africa censuses in 1996, 2001 and 2011, the Community Survey in 2016 and the General Household Survey, Selected Development Indicators, Metros 2021.

Amount of rainfall measured in mm at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens from 1990 to mid-May 2023. Usage: This data was supplied by the South African Weather Service. Attribution: SA Weather Service

List of the defaulting municipalities with overdue amounts greater than R1 million as at 31 January 2023.

Maximum daily ozone hole area in millions of square kilometres for each year with the date and size from 1979 to 2022.

The total number of rhinos poached in South Africa each year since 2016.

Audit outcomes of South Africa's municipalities from the SA Auditor General's annual Local Government Audit Outcomes reports. Covers the financial years 2010/2011 to 2021/2022. Updated annually when the new audit report is made public. Data set compiled and maintained by The Outlier. Usage: This data is free to use but you must credit The Outlier and include a link to theoutlier.co.za

A list of drop-off points for recyclable materials in South Africa and the material they collect. Dataset includes addresses, contact information and GPS co-ordinates. The data is compiled from various sources. The Treevolution Guide to Recycling in South Africa is built on this dataset. Usage: Free to use. Credit The Outlier theoutlier.co.za

Average annual rate of change (%) of population in nine Africa cities from 1950 with projections to 2030.

Number of children in each school grade per year in South Africa's public schools between 2017 and 2022. This data shows how many children progress from one grade to the next.

The percentage of South Africa's working-age population that did not have work and were considered unemployed each quarter since 2008.

South African Covid-19 vaccination data, daily updates of the number of people vaccinated by vaccine type from 5 June 2021 to 27 June 2022.

Carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions for 55 African countries going back as far as the 1950s and beyond up to 2020. It contains more than 50 variables including CO2 emissions, CO2 emissions per capita, emissions per sector, cumulative CO2 as well as global share of CO2.

National carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. Data from 1959 to 2021. Data for 55 African countries has been extracted.

Annual average temperature for Gauteng, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Limpopo, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Mpumalanga, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

The dataset includes information on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout to African countries between 2021 and 2022. It includes country, vaccine type, number of doses delivered, whether the data was bought, donated or a Covax delivery and the date the delivery was received between 11 Dec 2020 and 30 June 2022.

Annual average temperature for Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Free State, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Free State, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for North West, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Northern Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average temperature for Western Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Free State, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Gauteng, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Limpopo, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Mpumalanga, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for North West, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

Annual average rainfall for Northern Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

The average annual rainfall for South Africa in millimetres from 1901 to 2023

Annual average rainfall for Western Cape, South Africa, 1901-2021. Data is downloaded from the Climate Knowledge Portal https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/south-africa/climate-data-historical, where you will find information about the data. Usage: This data must be attributed to the World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal

The consumer price index (CPI) is the official measure of inflation in South Africa. It is expressed as a percentage. It measures monthly changes in prices for a basket of consumer products bought by the average South African household. The CPI is produced by Statistics South Africa. This dataset is updated monthly.

Average food prices and household items in South African from January 2017

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ISO 2-letter and 3-letter codes with continents and regions.

The basic fuel price for a litre of 95 octane inland with taxes levied on it each month since 2006

A list of food, baby, household and pet items surveyed by Stats SA each month to determine the cost of living for people living in South Africa.

Seasonally adjusted passenger rail trips in South Africa per month since 2008. Data from Statistics South Africa released monthly.

Annual aggregated data on energy generation projects in megawatts registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) since 2018.

The amount municipalities have owed Eskom for electricity since 2014 in billions of rands.

Murders by month in South Africa since 2017 from the South African Police Service Crime Statistics.

The datasets The Outlier keeps track of for Media Hack Collective.

The sale of electric vehicles each year in South Africa since 2017

The imports of solar panels from China to South Africa in megawatts

The cumulative megawatts of solar projects registered each month with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa since 2018

The cumulative megawatts of wind projects registered each month with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa since 2018

The average temperature in South Africa and its 9 provinces every year since 1901.

The food poverty line shows the cost of feeding a person in South Africa the minimum nutrients for a month. The data only includes food items

The number of electric cars imported annually into the country from Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas

The number of tourists arriving in South Africa each month by air, sea and land

The number of tourists arriving in South Africa each year by air, sea and land

The cost in millions of rands to service South Africa's debt which was incurred because of a shortfall in the government's revenue and its planned spending

The average yearly rainfall (mm) in South Africa and its 9 provinces every year since 1901.

The list of women who won nobel prizes since 1901. The categories for the nobel prize are: chemistry, economics, literature, peace, physics, physiology or medicine

The number of public officials working in South Africa's education, defence, police and in the health sector

Electricity generated in South Africa since 2008 in gigawatt-hours

The number of learners who wrote and passed the South African national senior certificate exams in South Africa each year since 2009

The percentage of learners passing the maths component of the South African national senior certificate exams with 40% or more has averaged 35% since 2009. The highest percentage of matrics who passed their maths exams with more than 40% was the class of 2013 with an 40.5% pass rate.

The percentage of learners passing the physical science component of the South African national senior certificate exams with 40% or more has increased from 20.6% in 2009 to 51.1% in 2023. The highest percentage of matrics who passed their physical science exams with 40% or more was the class of 2019 with a 51.7% pass rate.

The number of learners who wrote and passed the South African national senior certificate exams in South Africa each year since 2009

The percentage of learners passing the physical science component of the South African national senior certificate exams with 40% or more has increased from 20.6% in 2009 to 49.7% in 2022. The highest percentage of matrics who passed their physical science exams was the class of 2019 with a 51.7% pass rate.

The number and percentages of learners writing the National Senior Certificate who achieved a bachelor's pass

Between January 2007 and February 2020, the average occupancy rate across South Africa's accommodation industry was 45%. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 led the government to restrict people's movement to curb the spread of the virus. Occupancy rates averaged 35% in 2023.

Seasonally adjusted freight moved by road and rail in thousands of tonnes in South Africa per month since 2008. Data from Statistics South Africa is released monthly.

In 9 South African provinces, large municipalities have passed residential and commercial building plans worth millions of rand every month since 2000.

Funding raised by political parties in South Africa disclosed to the country's Independent Electoral Commission

The sizes of energy generation projects registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) since 2018 broken down by under 1MW, from 1MW to 9MW to 10MW and larger

The number of energy projects registered by industry since 2018

Funding raised by political parties in South Africa disclosed to the country's Independent Electoral Commission

A list of food, baby, household and pet items surveyed by Statistics South Africa each month to determine the cost of living for people living in South Africa.

A list of registered private power generation projects by month

The total number of rhinos poached in South Africa and its 9 provinces each year since 2016.

The percentage of energy capacity Eskom loses to planned maintenance and unplanned breakdowns each year

The annual total passengers using the Gautrain

The number of registered voters in South Africa for every national and provincial election since 1999

The total hours Eskom cut power supply to people in South Africa to prevent a grid collapse each year.

The number of days people in South Africa experienced energy blackouts, known as load shedding.

The estimated rooftop PV solar in South Africa since July 2022

E. coli and Enterococcus colony-forming units per 100 ml of sea water by beaches in Durban (Ethekwini)

The number of consumers in South Africa with credit has increased since 2007. The credit includes home and vehicle loans, and credit and store cards.

Murders in South Africa's 9 provinces as reported by the South African Police Service

The cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in cents each month for Gauteng and coast regions. The data is based on the maximum retail price for the Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

The number of vessels arriving at South Africa's 8 ports since January 2018

The number of votes cast abroad at South African missions every election since 1999

The number of candidates contesting the national and provincial elections since 1999

The percentage of registered voters who voted in each election since 1999

Number of incidents of cable theft reported by City Power based in Johannesburg, South Africa

The number of seats the ANC, Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and the Inkatha Freedom Party have won each election since 1999

Age specific population data from the Thembisa model

The number of post offices, mobile post offices and retail agencies operating in South Africa each year since April 2018.

The salaries of Members of Parliament in South Africa since 2010

The annual salaries of the deputy president, speaker of the national assembly, leader of the opposition and the leader of a minority party since 2010

The number of traffic fatalities in South Africa since 2016

The number of fatalities following traffic accidents in Kenya since 2019

The number of fatalities from traffic accidents in Kenya since 2019

The average percentage of generating capacity of Eskom’s power plants which is ready to run if needed since the 2006/7 financial year

The annual estimated coverage of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination in South Africa. BCG is used to prevent tuberculosis.

The percentage of South Africa's labour force across the country's nine provinces that did not have work and were considered unemployed each quarter since 2021

South Africa's labour force participation rate across its nine provinces reflects the proportion of the working-age population (ages 15-64) per province that is either employed or unemployed.

The labour absorption rate is the proportion of the working-age population aged 15 to 64 years that is employed. It is also known as the employment-to-population ratio. Statistics South Africa considers a person aged 15 to 64 employed if they did any work for at least one hour or had a job or business but were not at work.

The unemployment rate in metros is the percentage of the labour force in South Africa's eight metropolitan areas that did not have work and were considered unemployed.

The percentage of South Africa's labour force that did not have work and were considered unemployed each quarter since 2008 by age-group.

The annual number of passenger journeys using MyCiti, a bus rapid transit service in Cape Town.