The COVID-19 Sex-Disaggregated Data Tracker

Type in a country below to see the sex-disaggregated data that has been reported by that country. If no data is showing, this means that we have been unable to locate sex-disaggregated data for that country or for a specific variable. For information about how we collect, analyse and report this data, please see our notes on the data.

Country reporting of COVID-19 sex-disaggregated data is varied and irregular. We do our best to ensure that we report it and visualise it clearly and accurately. If you spot any errors or anomalies, please do let us know.

South Africa

Source Sub-national data source

Key stats

Country income-level: Upper middle income

Human Development Index rank, 2018: 113

Male: female population ratio (number of males for every 100 females) for period ending 2020: 97.1

Male life expectancy at birth for period 2015-2020: 60.2
Female life expectancy at birth for period 2015-2020: 67.1

Male Labour Force Participation, 2018: 62.6%
Female Labour Force Participation, 2018: 48.9%

What proportion of confirmed cases have died?

Men

3.6%

Women

3%

For every 10 deaths among confirmed cases in women...

...there are 12 in men

Date: 11/17/2021
Total number of sex-disaggregated cases: 2,894,219 . Total number of sex-disaggregated deaths: 94,379

What does the sex-disaggregated data along the clinical pathway show?

% male / female along pathway
rates per 100,000 in men / women

If no data is showing, this indicates that we have been unable to locate sex-disaggregated data on this variable.
Please note that data for different indicators is not always reported by countries at the same time point.

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If no data is showing, this indicates that we have been unable to locate sex-disaggregated data on this variable.
Please note that data for different indicators is not always reported by countries at the same time point.

CSV Excel PDF