South Africa exposure#

This page summarises the exposure model for South Africa in Africa, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.

National summary#

The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.

  BUILDINGS POPULATION TOTAL_COST BUILDINGS_% POPULATION_% TOTAL_COST_%
OCCUPANCY            
COM 819.1K 0.0M $114.5B 4.07% 0.00% 12.70%
IND 317.1K 0.0M $54.3B 1.58% 0.00% 6.02%
RES 18,978.6K 64.7M $732.9B 94.35% 100.00% 81.27%

National exposure by occupancy class

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in South Africa.

National exposure by taxonomy

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in South Africa.

Building height profile

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for South Africa.

Subnational summary#

The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.

  BUILDINGS POPULATION TOTAL_COST BUILDINGS_% POPULATION_% TOTAL_COST_%
NAME_1            
Gauteng 4,928.4K 15.8M $216.8B 24.50% 24.34% 24.04%
KwaZulu-Natal 3,984.9K 13.0M $176.1B 19.81% 20.03% 19.53%
Western Cape 2,412.3K 7.8M $107.9B 11.99% 11.98% 11.97%
Eastern Cape 2,333.1K 7.5M $102.7B 11.60% 11.66% 11.39%
Limpopo 2,108.3K 6.9M $99.9B 10.48% 10.60% 11.08%
Mpumalanga 1,664.2K 5.4M $77.5B 8.27% 8.29% 8.60%
North West 1,279.2K 4.0M $58.8B 6.36% 6.14% 6.52%
Free State 962.2K 3.1M $42.4B 4.78% 4.78% 4.71%
Northern Cape 442.1K 1.4M $19.6B 2.20% 2.19% 2.18%

Subnational exposure by occupancy class

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Subnational exposure by taxonomy

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.

Taxonomy summary#

The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Exposure by taxonomy classes

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in South Africa.

      BUILDINGS POPULATION TOTAL_COST BUILDINGS_% POPULATION_% TOTAL_COST_%
MACRO_TAXONOMY TAXONOMY OCCUPANCY            
ADO|ST|E MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 1,340,022 4,277.4K $93,728.9M 6.66% 6.61% 10.39%
MUR MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 1,806,133 5,765.3K $75,771.0M 8.98% 8.90% 8.40%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES RES 1,160,770 3,707.1K $64,677.6M 5.77% 5.73% 7.17%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 1,374,384 4,277.4K $57,239.0M 6.83% 6.61% 6.35%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 1,414,727 4,524.4K $56,978.4M 7.03% 6.99% 6.32%
MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 1,852,446 5,765.3K $46,272.4M 9.21% 8.90% 5.13%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES RES 1,190,534 3,707.0K $39,497.7M 5.92% 5.73% 4.38%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 1,451,004 4,524.4K $34,795.9M 7.21% 6.99% 3.86%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/RES RES 60,700 2,267.8K $34,235.6M 0.30% 3.50% 3.80%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 572,416 1,827.3K $24,430.0M 2.85% 2.82% 2.71%
OT ME+MEO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES RES 2,187,090 6,804.8K $21,468.8M 10.87% 10.51% 2.38%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 587,093 1,827.3K $14,919.1M 2.92% 2.82% 1.65%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES RES 170,268 680.3K $14,726.6M 0.85% 1.05% 1.63%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES RES 255,048 814.6K $14,211.0M 1.27% 1.26% 1.58%
MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES RES 33,070 823.8K $12,434.5M 0.16% 1.27% 1.38%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES RES 112,725 450.3K $11,518.9M 0.56% 0.70% 1.28%
MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 40,359 0.0K $10,362.3M 0.20% 0.00% 1.15%
MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 80,719 0.0K $10,362.3M 0.40% 0.00% 1.15%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/RES RES 13,658 680.3K $9,628.8M 0.07% 1.05% 1.07%
MUR MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES RES 151,934 606.9K $9,312.0M 0.76% 0.94% 1.03%
MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 63,312 0.0K $9,259.7M 0.31% 0.00% 1.03%
MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 126,631 0.0K $9,259.7M 0.63% 0.00% 1.03%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES RES 261,586 814.6K $8,678.5M 1.30% 1.26% 0.96%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES RES 142,043 453.6K $8,409.1M 0.71% 0.70% 0.93%
CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM COM 9,824 0.0K $8,250.5M 0.05% 0.00% 0.91%
ADO|ST|E MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 572,416 1,827.3K $7,464.7M 2.85% 2.82% 0.83%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/RES RES 13,174 492.2K $7,430.3M 0.07% 0.76% 0.82%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES RES 119,008 476.3K $7,002.4M 0.59% 0.74% 0.78%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM COM 39,754 0.0K $6,809.4M 0.20% 0.00% 0.76%
MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM COM 79,504 0.0K $6,809.4M 0.40% 0.00% 0.76%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 91,238 0.0K $6,671.8M 0.45% 0.00% 0.74%
MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 45,619 0.0K $6,671.8M 0.23% 0.00% 0.74%
MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES RES 194,105 620.9K $6,395.9M 0.96% 0.96% 0.71%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 22,515 0.0K $5,780.5M 0.11% 0.00% 0.64%
MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 45,028 0.0K $5,780.5M 0.22% 0.00% 0.64%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES RES 145,682 453.6K $5,135.3M 0.72% 0.70% 0.57%
S S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND IND 30,998 0.0K $4,579.0M 0.15% 0.00% 0.51%
ADO|ST|E MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 587,093 1,827.3K $4,558.6M 2.92% 2.82% 0.51%
MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND IND 25,573 0.0K $4,500.6M 0.13% 0.00% 0.50%
W W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:2/RES RES 68,864 220.2K $4,297.9M 0.34% 0.34% 0.48%
MUR MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND IND 45,791 0.0K $4,164.2M 0.23% 0.00% 0.46%
MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 199,083 620.9K $3,905.9M 0.99% 0.96% 0.43%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND IND 20,776 0.0K $3,657.0M 0.10% 0.00% 0.41%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND IND 25,585 0.0K $3,527.5M 0.13% 0.00% 0.39%
ADO|ST|E E+ETO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 386,179 1,204.3K $3,380.4M 1.92% 1.86% 0.37%
S S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND IND 10,331 0.0K $3,330.1M 0.05% 0.00% 0.37%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/COM COM 1,472 0.0K $3,300.2M 0.01% 0.00% 0.37%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND IND 8,525 0.0K $3,273.1M 0.04% 0.00% 0.36%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES RES 36,957 147.7K $3,196.2M 0.18% 0.23% 0.35%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/RES RES 5,439 203.6K $3,067.9M 0.03% 0.31% 0.34%
MUR MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND IND 15,265 0.0K $3,028.5M 0.08% 0.00% 0.34%
S S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND IND 20,294 0.0K $2,997.1M 0.10% 0.00% 0.33%
W W/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES RES 44,342 141.8K $2,767.5M 0.22% 0.22% 0.31%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3-6/RES RES 7,267 181.0K $2,732.1M 0.04% 0.28% 0.30%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND IND 6,926 0.0K $2,659.6M 0.03% 0.00% 0.29%
W W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/RES RES 70,634 220.3K $2,624.7M 0.35% 0.34% 0.29%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND IND 28,710 0.0K $2,611.2M 0.14% 0.00% 0.29%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND IND 8,530 0.0K $2,565.4M 0.04% 0.00% 0.28%
S S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND IND 6,762 0.0K $2,179.7M 0.03% 0.00% 0.24%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/COM COM 3,532 0.0K $2,095.2M 0.02% 0.00% 0.23%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:>7/RES RES 2,963 147.7K $2,089.8M 0.01% 0.23% 0.23%
CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM COM 2,467 0.0K $2,073.1M 0.01% 0.00% 0.23%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND IND 14,195 0.0K $1,957.4M 0.07% 0.00% 0.22%
ADO|ST|E MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 22,515 0.0K $1,902.4M 0.11% 0.00% 0.21%
MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 45,028 0.0K $1,902.4M 0.22% 0.00% 0.21%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND IND 9,570 0.0K $1,899.0M 0.05% 0.00% 0.21%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES RES 30,826 98.4K $1,825.1M 0.15% 0.15% 0.20%
W W/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES RES 45,485 141.8K $1,690.1M 0.23% 0.22% 0.19%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM COM 4,909 0.0K $1,547.0M 0.02% 0.00% 0.17%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM COM 17,385 0.0K $1,489.0M 0.09% 0.00% 0.17%
MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM COM 8,691 0.0K $1,489.0M 0.04% 0.00% 0.17%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND IND 4,732 0.0K $1,423.5M 0.02% 0.00% 0.16%
CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES RES 15,260 61.1K $1,319.7M 0.08% 0.09% 0.15%
ADO|ST|E MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM COM 2,833 0.0K $1,258.6M 0.01% 0.00% 0.14%
W W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES RES 42,174 131.5K $1,186.7M 0.21% 0.20% 0.13%
MUR MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM COM 4,444 0.0K $1,124.7M 0.02% 0.00% 0.12%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES RES 31,617 98.4K $1,114.5M 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
MUR MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM COM 7,398 0.0K $1,081.9M 0.04% 0.00% 0.12%
MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM COM 14,793 0.0K $1,081.9M 0.07% 0.00% 0.12%
OT MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES RES 102,982 320.8K $969.6M 0.51% 0.50% 0.11%
S S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND IND 6,504 0.0K $961.1M 0.03% 0.00% 0.11%
CR- CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM COM 9,823 0.0K $893.8M 0.05% 0.00% 0.10%
CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM COM 4,912 0.0K $893.8M 0.02% 0.00% 0.10%
CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>7/RES RES 1,224 61.1K $862.8M 0.01% 0.09% 0.10%
W W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES RES 17,624 56.4K $832.8M 0.09% 0.09% 0.09%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:>7/COM COM 371 0.0K $829.2M 0.00% 0.00% 0.09%
MUR MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM COM 3,202 0.0K $810.2M 0.02% 0.00% 0.09%
MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES RES 16,326 65.3K $786.0M 0.08% 0.10% 0.09%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND IND 5,598 0.0K $772.1M 0.03% 0.00% 0.09%
CR+ CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/RES RES 1,359 50.8K $766.1M 0.01% 0.08% 0.08%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES RES 12,729 40.7K $753.5M 0.06% 0.06% 0.08%
S S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND IND 2,170 0.0K $699.0M 0.01% 0.00% 0.08%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM COM 779 0.0K $653.0M 0.00% 0.00% 0.07%
S S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND IND 4,255 0.0K $629.1M 0.02% 0.00% 0.07%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND IND 1,867 0.0K $561.5M 0.01% 0.00% 0.06%
W W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:2/COM COM 2,320 0.0K $547.5M 0.01% 0.00% 0.06%
W/LWAL/CDL+ERM/H:1/COM COM 4,645 0.0K $547.5M 0.02% 0.00% 0.06%
OT INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/EWV/RES RES 46,519 144.8K $478.5M 0.23% 0.22% 0.05%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND IND 3,441 0.0K $474.8M 0.02% 0.00% 0.05%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES RES 13,054 40.7K $460.2M 0.06% 0.06% 0.05%
MR|MCF MCF/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3-6/COM COM 772 0.0K $458.2M 0.00% 0.00% 0.05%
S S+SL/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND IND 1,418 0.0K $457.5M 0.01% 0.00% 0.05%
MUR MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND IND 4,614 0.0K $420.0M 0.02% 0.00% 0.05%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM COM 1,236 0.0K $388.7M 0.01% 0.00% 0.04%
W W/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM COM 1,500 0.0K $352.5M 0.01% 0.00% 0.04%
W/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM COM 2,988 0.0K $352.5M 0.01% 0.00% 0.04%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND IND 1,147 0.0K $345.3M 0.01% 0.00% 0.04%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES RES 3,809 15.2K $329.3M 0.02% 0.02% 0.04%
MUR MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND IND 1,535 0.0K $305.4M 0.01% 0.00% 0.03%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>7/COM COM 118 0.0K $258.0M 0.00% 0.00% 0.03%
CR+ CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM COM 1,231 0.0K $224.6M 0.01% 0.00% 0.02%
CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM COM 2,470 0.0K $224.6M 0.01% 0.00% 0.02%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>7/RES RES 306 15.2K $215.5M 0.00% 0.02% 0.02%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES RES 3,177 10.2K $188.1M 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM COM 224 0.0K $185.7M 0.00% 0.00% 0.02%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND IND 1,152 0.0K $159.1M 0.01% 0.00% 0.02%
MUR MUR+CLBLH/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM COM 519 0.0K $131.0M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM COM 386 0.0K $121.9M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR+ CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES RES 3,260 10.2K $114.9M 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND IND 382 0.0K $114.8M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR+ CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>7/COM COM 32 0.0K $70.8M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR- CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM COM 780 0.0K $70.8M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM COM 389 0.0K $70.4M 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
CR+ CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND IND 319 0.0K $43.8M 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM COM 107 0.0K $33.5M 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND IND 106 0.0K $31.2M 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM COM 216 0.0K $19.8M 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM COM 107 0.0K $19.6M 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%