Global Open Data Index: Survey

South Africa / National Statistics / 2015

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly
  • Unemployment statistics updated at least monthly
  • Population updated at least once a year

Data Location

https://www.statssa.gov.za/default.asp

Comments

Some of it is available only in PDF files, but some datasets are available in Excel and ASCII formats under the 'interactive data' heading.

Reviewer comments

Data not in open format.

Data Availability

  • N Openly licensed
  • Y Is the data available for free
  • Y Is the data machine readable
  • N Available in bulk
  • Y Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis
  • Y Is data in digital form
  • Y Publicly available
  • Y Does the data exist
  • Y Is the data available online
Key:
  • Yes
  • No
  • Unsure
  • No data

Details

Date the data became available   Unknown
Format of data   Excel, PDF, ASCII
Reviewer   Zach Christensen
Submitters   Greg Kempe
Last modified   Fri Sep 25 2015 07:24:33 GMT+0000 (UTC)