DURBAN IS WAITING TO LET THE WORLD IN AGAIN
BUT FOR NOW, LETS FOCUS ON RENEWING, RESTORING AND THEN REBUILDING TOGETHER
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
EThekwini Municipality: Key Indicators: 2017
R277
BILLION
Gross Value Added (GVA) (Constant 2010 Prices)
R304,4
BILLION
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Constant 2010)
3,3%
GVA Average Annual Growth (2011-2016/1996-2017)
3,866,505
Population
2
2,556 km
Geographic Area
CITY THAT’S
FOR GROWTH
GEARED
THE CITY OF DURBAN (ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY) IS SOUTH AFRICA’S SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRIAL REGION
#1
RATED NUMBER 1 CITY IN AFRICA FOR “QUALITY OF LIVING”
MERCER CONSULTING IN 2015, ’16 & ‘17
REASONS TO INVEST IN DURBAN
Extensive first-world road, rail, sea and air infrastructure;
Dube TradePort and King Shaka International Airport - 60-year Master Plan - driving growth of aerotropolis, or airport city
Rated in top 5 'Quality of Living' cities in Africa and Middle East by Mercer Consulting in 2015 and 2016;
Durban was ranked as the least congested Metro City in SA, according to the global “Tom Tom Traffic Index” (TTTI) 2017, at 22% (compared to SA’s most congested City at 35%). 390 Cities in 48 countries were indexed and ranked.
