LIMPOPO

Limpopo is a South African province bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Known as South Africa’s best kept secret, Limpopo province has a 3.7 poverty headcount. With poverty being at 11.5%, the triple challenge of unemployment, inequality and poverty is visible as reflected in the poverty index of 42.3%. Operation Hunger has developed the data below to provide an updated review of the province’s drivers and determinants of Limpopo.  

Limpopo economic data

Structure of the Limpopo Economy – GDPR Contribution

Limpopo Active Communities

Communities in which Operation Hunger is currently achieving impact

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Chirele

Gallery of Chirele Community

Top Imports Market

Top Exports Market

Sectoral employment in Limpopo

The biggest contributors to job creation in the province is Community services and Trade, who combined contribute 46 percent of the jobs.
Despite the fact that agriculture is only contributing about 3 percent to the local economy in terms of production, it is contributing 10 percent of the jobs.
It can also be concluded that the mining sector is very capital intensive. Although mining contributed 27 percent to GDPR in 2016, the sector only contributed 6 percent of the jobs.

EMPLOYMENT IN Limpopo

Total working age population is estimated at:

4.7 MILLION

Formal and informal Sector employment

The formal sector is accounting for 27.6% of all employment and the informal accounts for 53.7% of all employment.

Employment demographics characteristics

Spatial Considerations

Rural areas have been more affected than urban areas and urban areas have been more prone to recover jobs than rural Areas.

Sources of support amount the unemployed

Quarter 1 in 2019

POPULATION DYNAMICS

Inequality and Human Development

Health

Leading natural causes of death

Types of Sanitation Facilities

Percentage of households that lived in formal, informal and traditional dwellings Limpopo

Food Systems / Environment Determinants

1. FOOD AVAILABILITY

Food Production

GRAINS

%

GRAINS AND FOOD CROP

%

INDUSTRIAL CROPS

%

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CROPS

HORTICULTURAL PRODUCT

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

%

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

%

POULTRY PRODUCTION

Percentage of Households Experiencing
Food Adequacy or Inadequacy

2.8

PERCENT

Food access severely inadequate

2.7

PERCENT

Food access inadequate

94.5

PERCENT

Food access adequate

Percentage of Households Involved in Agricultural Activities in Limpopo

38.2% 

Household Consumption of Foods from Different Food Groups Based on South Africa

Grains 
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Fresh Fish, Dried Fish or Shellfish
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Meat Based
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Cheese, Yoghurt, Milk, Other Dairy Products
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Vegetables
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Beans, Pease, Lentils or Nuts
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Roots & Tubers
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Food made of Oil, Fat or Butter
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Eggs
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Sugar, Honey, Including Tea, Coffee
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Fruits
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Other Foods: Condiments, Coffee, Tea
FOOD GROUP

%

of Households

Consistency of Food Access by Food Security Status Based in South Africa

Food Systems / Environment Determinants

2. FOOD AFFORDABILITY

Monthly Household Expenditure

Percentage of individuals and households benefiting from social grants

Percentage distribution of sources of household income

Food expenditure for low income

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