OUR IMPACT ON THE
EASTERN CAPE
South Africa’s second largest province, the Eastern Cape is the poorest province and has a poverty headcount of 12.7% in the 2016 South African Multidimensional Poverty Index.
In spite of this, in the Eastern Cape, the intensity of poverty is at 43.3%.
Operation Hunger has developed the surveillance data bellow to provide an updated review of the province’s malnutrition indicators, drivers and determinants.
At the underlying level, nutrition equity is caused by the way that people’s everyday social, psychological/behavioural and material circumstances interact with their wider environments.
These environments include: access to adequate and quality food; provision for infant care; healthcare environments; and wider living environments (including sanitation and opportunities for physical activity).
Operation Hunger has put together the latest data using the conceptual framework consistent with the determinants of undernutrition and prevalence of malnutrition to comprehensively elucidate barriers and opportunities leading to unhealthy nutrition outcomes.
Regional/Provincial Data
Economic Data
- General Government Services 24.1%
- Agriculture Forestry and Fishing 1.7%
- Manufacturing 12.5%
- Construction 2.9%
- Personal Services 7.8%
- Other 51%
Top Imports Market
|
14% THAILAND |
12.2% POLAND |
11.1% SWAZILAND |
Top Export Market
|
15% NETHERLANDS |
10% UK |
7.6% CHINA |
*Please note that all percentages are subject to change, as the current figures are based on 2024 statistics.
Employment in the Eastern Cape
Employed
Economically Inactive
Unemployed
Formal and informal Sector employment
The formal sector is accounting for 59% of all employment.
The informal accounts for 25% of all employment.
Youth labour market trends
The youth unemployment rate (aged 15 – 34 years) reached to 62,6%
45.5% of the labour force have not completed secondary education
Spatial Considerations
Rural areas have been more affected than urban areas and urban areas
have been more prone to recover jobs than rural Areas.
Employment Demographics characteristics
%
Male
%
Female
%
Youth
%
Low Skilled
%
Semi-Skilled
%
Skilled
Population Dynamics
Total population 6 734 001
%
15 - 34 Years
%
35-64 years
%
Net Migration (322 957)
Inequality and human Development
0.618
Gini Coefficient
0.669
Human Index
Education
%
Tertiary
%
Secondary Completed
%
Secondary Incomplete
%
Primary Completed
%
Less Than Primary
%
No Schooling
%
Learner Enrolment (897 163)
%
NSC Results
Life expectancy in The Eastern Cape
59.1 years
Male
67.1 years
Female
Health
91 Hospitals
28 Health Care Community Centre
711 Clinics
Leading Natural Causes
Diabetes
Heart Disease
HIV/AIDS
Percentage of households that lived in formal, informal and traditional dwellings
%
Formal
%
Informal
%
Traditional
%
Other
Types of Sanitation
Access to sanitation
%
Basic Sanitation
%
Limited Sanitation
%
Unimproved Sanitation
Food Systems/ Environment Determinants
Grains
Wheat (12.81%), Maize (4.25%), Sunflower (23.8%), Sorghum (18.8%),
Ground Nuts (42%)
Fruit & Veg
Apples (1.1%), Banana (13.0%), Pears (1.8%), Carrots (26%) , Onions (41.9%),
Tomatoes 8.4%
Animal
Production
Milk (25%), Poultry (51%),
Eggs 6.4%
Percentage of households experiencing food
adequacy or inadequacy
%
Food Access Severely inadequate
%
Food Access Inadequate
%
Food access adequate
Percentage of households involved in
agricultural activities:
%
Household Consumption of Foods from
Different Food Groups
Consistency of Food Access by Food
Security Status
Food Affordability
Monthly Household Expenditures
Percentage of individuals and households benefiting from social grants
|
43% PERSONS |
60.6% HOUSEHOLD |
Percentage distribution of sources of household income
|
49.7% SALARIES |
61.1% GRANTS |
21.1% REMITTANCE |
|
11% BUSINESS INCOME |
5.6% PENSIONS |