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South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa and borders territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, Mozambique and Swaziland to the east South Africa has a generally temperate climate. It covers 1,214.5 thousand of square kilometers and has a population of 50.59 million. Its GDP reaches $408.24 billion in 2011. Through the index system and evaluation model, the environment competitiveness index of South Africa ranks at 97 in 133 countries.

Score: 47.21

Rank: 97

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Contribution of sub-index to GEC

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Rank of sub-index of GEC

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Score and rank of the pillars of GEC

Table 124.1 Score and rank of all indicators of GEC
Table 124.2 Rank distribution of the individual indicators of GEC