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How South Africans use Claude: Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026
Claude usage in South Africa, its four provinces with published figures and 26 African countries, from the Anthropic Economic Index (period 1 May 2026): the Anthropic Usage Index and rank, work, personal and coursework shares, augmentation and automation, and South Africa's top request topics, job categories and tasks against the world.
| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
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| claude-usage-geographies.csv | Usage by geography: the world, 26 African countries and 4 South African provinces | 31 | 2,2 kB |
| claude-usage-za-breakdown.csv | South Africa: top request topics, job categories and tasks against the world | 28 | 2,0 kB |
| datapackage.json | Frictionless Data Package (schema and checksums) | 5,8 kB | |
| README.md | Data dictionary, source and terms | 5,0 kB | |
| CITATION.cff | Citation file | 657 bytes |
Terms. The Anthropic Economic Index data is released by Anthropic under CC BY 4.0 (code under MIT). These tables are a selection from it, reshaped by MzansiData. If you use them, credit "Anthropic Economic Index, Anthropic, CC BY 4.0" and MzansiData for the tables, and say if you changed them. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
How to cite: MzansiData (2026). How South Africans use Claude: Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026, version 2026.11.3. Anthropic Economic Index, Anthropic, CC BY 4.0. Tables by MzansiData. https://mzansidata.co.za/data/downloads#south-africa-claude-usage Used in this post.
South Africa's mid-year population by province, 2002 to 2026 (Stats SA, 2026 series)
Mid-year population of South Africa and its nine provinces for every year from 2002 to 2026, all from Stats SA's 2026 mid-year population estimates (P0302), summed from Stats SA's district council projection by sex and age.
| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
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| sa-population-2002-2026.csv | Mid-year population, South Africa and the nine provinces, 2002 to 2026 | 250 | 6,2 kB |
| datapackage.json | Frictionless Data Package (schema and checksums) | 3,0 kB | |
| README.md | Data dictionary, source and terms | 3,3 kB | |
| CITATION.cff | Citation file | 933 bytes |
Terms. Stats SA's copyright notice (https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=425, read 7 November 2026) says: "Users may apply the information as they wish, provided that they acknowledge Stats SA as the source of the basic data wherever they process, apply, utilise, publish or distribute the data, and also that they specify that the relevant application and analysis (where applicable) result from their own processing of the data." These tables are MzansiData's processing of Stats SA's data. If you use them, name Stats SA as the source of the basic data and say that any analysis is your own. Licence: Stats SA copyright notice: use with acknowledgement of Stats SA as the source.
How to cite: MzansiData (2026). South Africa's mid-year population by province, 2002 to 2026 (Stats SA, 2026 series), version 2026.11.3. Source of the basic data: Statistics South Africa, Mid-year population estimates 2026 (P0302). Tables are MzansiData's own processing of the data. https://mzansidata.co.za/data/downloads#south-africa-population-2002-2026 Used in this post.
Crime victims in South Africa: Stats SA's Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey, 2018/19 to 2025/26
From Stats SA's Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS, P0341): the share of victims who reported each crime to the police, the share of households hit by housebreaking, and the share of people who feel safe walking alone in their area by day and after dark, 2018/19 to 2025/26.
| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
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| gpsjs-reporting-to-police.csv | Share of victims who reported the crime to the police, by crime | 103 | 4,9 kB |
| gpsjs-housebreaking.csv | Share of households that experienced housebreaking in the previous 12 months | 8 | 329 bytes |
| gpsjs-feeling-safe.csv | Share of people aged 16 and older who feel safe walking alone in their area | 16 | 448 bytes |
| datapackage.json | Frictionless Data Package (schema and checksums) | 5,3 kB | |
| README.md | Data dictionary, source and terms | 4,5 kB | |
| CITATION.cff | Citation file | 868 bytes |
Terms. Stats SA's copyright notice (https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=425, read 7 November 2026) says: "Users may apply the information as they wish, provided that they acknowledge Stats SA as the source of the basic data wherever they process, apply, utilise, publish or distribute the data, and also that they specify that the relevant application and analysis (where applicable) result from their own processing of the data." These tables are MzansiData's processing of Stats SA's data. If you use them, name Stats SA as the source of the basic data and say that any analysis is your own. Licence: Stats SA copyright notice: use with acknowledgement of Stats SA as the source.
How to cite: MzansiData (2026). Crime victims in South Africa: Stats SA's Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey, 2018/19 to 2025/26, version 2026.11.3. Source of the basic data: Statistics South Africa, Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (P0341). Tables are MzansiData's own processing of the data. https://mzansidata.co.za/data/downloads#south-africa-crime-victims-survey-2018-2026 Used in this post.
Unemployment in South Africa: Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Q1 2008 to Q3 2026, national, provinces and metros
Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS, P0211) as one tidy table: the official unemployment rate and the broader rates LU2, LU3 (the expanded rate) and LU4, employed, unemployed, labour force, people outside the labour force, labour force participation and absorption, for South Africa and the nine provinces every quarter from Q1 2008 and the eight metros from Q1 2015, with 95% intervals for the latest two quarters.
| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
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| qlfs-tidy.csv | QLFS by quarter: South Africa, nine provinces and eight metros, long format | 12 298 | 1,8 MB |
| datapackage.json | Frictionless Data Package (schema and checksums) | 6,0 kB | |
| README.md | Data dictionary, source and terms | 7,7 kB | |
| CITATION.cff | Citation file | 914 bytes |
Terms. Stats SA's copyright notice (https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=425, read 7 November 2026) says: "Users may apply the information as they wish, provided that they acknowledge Stats SA as the source of the basic data wherever they process, apply, utilise, publish or distribute the data, and also that they specify that the relevant application and analysis (where applicable) result from their own processing of the data." These tables are MzansiData's processing of Stats SA's data. If you use them, name Stats SA as the source of the basic data and say that any analysis is your own. Licence: Stats SA copyright notice: use with acknowledgement of Stats SA as the source.
How to cite: MzansiData (2026). Unemployment in South Africa: Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Q1 2008 to Q3 2026, national, provinces and metros, version 2026.11.3. Source of the basic data: Statistics South Africa, Quarterly Labour Force Survey (P0211), Q3 2026 release and its trends workbook. Tables are MzansiData's own processing of the data. https://mzansidata.co.za/data/downloads#south-africa-unemployment-qlfs Latest figures and charts: /topics/economy#unemployment.
Inflation in South Africa: Stats SA's Consumer Price Index, monthly, headline since 1922, provinces and groups since 2008
Stats SA's Consumer Price Index (CPI, P0141) as one tidy table: the official headline inflation rate every month since January 1922 and the headline index since 1980; the index and annual rate for the total country, rural areas, the nine provinces and the 13 spending groups since 2008; and core inflation for September 2026, all to the September 2026 release.
| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
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| cpi-tidy.csv | CPI by month: index and annual inflation, headline, core, provinces and groups, long format | 11 928 | 2,1 MB |
| datapackage.json | Frictionless Data Package (schema and checksums) | 6,4 kB | |
| README.md | Data dictionary, source and terms | 7,8 kB | |
| CITATION.cff | Citation file | 917 bytes |
Terms. Stats SA's copyright notice (https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=425, read 7 November 2026) says: "Users may apply the information as they wish, provided that they acknowledge Stats SA as the source of the basic data wherever they process, apply, utilise, publish or distribute the data, and also that they specify that the relevant application and analysis (where applicable) result from their own processing of the data." These tables are MzansiData's processing of Stats SA's data. If you use them, name Stats SA as the source of the basic data and say that any analysis is your own. Licence: Stats SA copyright notice: use with acknowledgement of Stats SA as the source.
How to cite: MzansiData (2026). Inflation in South Africa: Stats SA's Consumer Price Index, monthly, headline since 1922, provinces and groups since 2008, version 2026.11.3. Source of the basic data: Statistics South Africa, Consumer Price Index (P0141), September 2026 release, its time series and the CPI History. Tables are MzansiData's own processing of the data. https://mzansidata.co.za/data/downloads#south-africa-inflation-cpi Latest figures and charts: /topics/economy#inflation.
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