South Africa
Country in Africa
In brief
Homicides per 100,000 people: 43.7 (2022). World rank 144 of 149 (1 = best); in Africa, 20 of 20. Road deaths per 100,000 people: 22.2 (2019). World rank 128 of 186 (1 = best); in Africa, 10 of 54. Suicides per 100,000 people: 22.3 (2021). World rank 180 of 185 (1 = best); in Africa, 52 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: political stability and absence of violence 60.2 → 58.9 (score 0–100). Better than all its neighbours (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe): road deaths per 100,000 people.