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We take a different look at South Africa's three biggest provinces in terms of economic size. We constantly strive to provide users with new ways of presenting information and this is part 1 of a three part series where we will look at ll 9 of South Africa's provinces in this way.
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Three biggest provinces in terms of economic size in South Africa
The graphic above shows the number of people on the X-axis and the percentage of the country's total on the Y-axis that is contributed by each province's variable. According to regional GDP estimates published by Statistics South Africa, Gauteng makes up 34.4% of South Africa's economy. KwaZulu-Natal makes up 16.1% and the Western Cape making up 13.6% (Note this is based on current price data). The variables in the graphic above will be discussed below.
The first noticeable difference between the provinces is the big yellow bubble called "Population" in Gauteng. Gauteng has by far the biggest population of these three provinces (with almost 14million people living in Gauteng, and the Y-axis showing Gauteng contributes almost 25% to South Africa's population. While KwaZulu-Natal has roughly 11million people living in it and it makes up around 20% of South Africa's population. Western Cape has 6.3million people staying in it and it makes up just over 10% of South Africa's population.
Reader's attention is drawn to the orange bubble. This bubble shows the number of people born in each province. Both Gauteng and Western Cape's orange bubble is to the left of the population bubble. I.e. less number of people born in the province than what is currently residing in the province. This is particularly prominent in Gauteng, with only 8.9million people stating that they were born in Gauteng while almost 14million people are currently staying in the province. That is net migration into Gauteng of well over 5million people. This shows migration into these provinces, while KwaZulu-Natal had more people born in the province than what is currently staying in it. Showing net migration out of the province (perhaps to look for work in Gauteng or Western Cape).
Reader's attention is drawn to the orange bubble. This bubble shows the number of people born in each province. Both Gauteng and Western Cape's orange bubble is to the left of the population bubble. I.e. less number of people born in the province than what is currently residing in the province. This is particularly prominent in Gauteng, with only 8.9million people stating that they were born in Gauteng while almost 14million people are currently staying in the province. That is net migration into Gauteng of well over 5million people. This shows migration into these provinces, while KwaZulu-Natal had more people born in the province than what is currently staying in it. Showing net migration out of the province (perhaps to look for work in Gauteng or Western Cape).
The green and pink bubbles shows number of employed people and education level of at least Matric respectively. It's clear that the two are highly correlated as the bubbles are extremely close to one another in all provinces. While Gauteng's employed population is roughly 4.9million people (or roughly 30% of South Africa's total employed population), both KZN and Western Cape's employed population makes up around 15% each to South Africa's employed population.
The black bubble shows the number of Taxpayers assessed by SARS per province. In this segment Gauteng is by far the biggest contributor to the total for South Africa, with 1.9million people being assessed in Gauteng making up over 40% of South Africa's total number of assessed taxpayers.
And lastly and perhaps the most worrying bubble is the light blue bubble called "Unemployed". This is the number of people willing and looking for work that cannot currently find a job. While it is less than the number of employed, it is far to high to remain sustainable. Especially in KwaZulu-Natal where the number of employed and unemployed is closer to one another than in the other provinces. Gauteng's unemployed population makes up almost 30% of the total for South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal's unemployed population makes up roughly 20% of South Africa's total while Western Cape's makes up less than 10% of the total (all of these percentages are very similar to the contributions to the total made up by the Population bubble).
The black bubble shows the number of Taxpayers assessed by SARS per province. In this segment Gauteng is by far the biggest contributor to the total for South Africa, with 1.9million people being assessed in Gauteng making up over 40% of South Africa's total number of assessed taxpayers.
And lastly and perhaps the most worrying bubble is the light blue bubble called "Unemployed". This is the number of people willing and looking for work that cannot currently find a job. While it is less than the number of employed, it is far to high to remain sustainable. Especially in KwaZulu-Natal where the number of employed and unemployed is closer to one another than in the other provinces. Gauteng's unemployed population makes up almost 30% of the total for South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal's unemployed population makes up roughly 20% of South Africa's total while Western Cape's makes up less than 10% of the total (all of these percentages are very similar to the contributions to the total made up by the Population bubble).