Cape Town in numbers
Charts on Cape Town's crime, water, weather, property, energy and more. Every chart has a source.
18.73R ▲ +0.05 · +0.3 % · since 10 Aug
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Over the last twelve weeks the rand has stayed in a narrow range against the euro too.
Source: Open Exchange Rates · The scale runs from 18 to 19, not from zero
16.72R ▲ +0.55 · +3.4 % · since 10 Aug
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Over the last twelve weeks the rand has stayed in a narrow range against the dollar.
Source: Open Exchange Rates · The scale runs from 15.5 to 17, not from zero
43.8% South Africa, national · Highest
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Cape Town’s rate is 24.3%. That is eleven points lower than the next city and less than half the national rate of 43.8%.
Source: Statistics South Africa · All bars start at zero
35.9% Johannesburg · Highest
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Cape Town is at 21.9%, just behind eThekwini (Durban) at 21.2%. Both are far below Johannesburg’s 35.9%.
Source: Statistics South Africa · All bars start at zero
4.75percentage points 2019 · Highest
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The gap was widest in 2019 at 4.75 points and narrowest in 2022 at 2.50. In May 2026 it is 3.25 points.
Source: SARB and US Federal Reserve · All bars start at zero
7% South Africa · Highest
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South Africa’s rate is 7.00%. The United States and the United Kingdom are at 3.75%, and the euro area is at 2.00%.
Source: SARB, US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank · All bars start at zero
4,757permits 2023/24 · Highest
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More filming took place in the city, even though investment tied to the national film rebate fell sharply. The two figures count different things.
Source: City of Cape Town Film Permit Office · All bars start at zero
30% Production plus R15m post-production · Highest
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Doing R15 million of editing and effects work locally raises the rebate from 25% to 30%. On a big production that can decide where the work is done.
Source: Department of Trade, Industry and Competition · All bars start at zero
223,000R April 2026 · Highest
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The limit goes up with inflation every April. From April 2026 it is R223,000.
Source: National Treasury · All bars start at zero
36% Hospitals · Highest
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Hospitals took 36% and specialists 28%. Together that is almost two thirds of all the money paid out.
Source: Council for Medical Schemes · All bars start at zero
360,347net new jobs Western Cape · Highest
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Nine in every ten of the country’s extra jobs were in one province, which has about an eighth of the population.
Source: Statistics South Africa · All bars start at zero
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