Statistics of the non-profit sector for South Africa, 2010-2014

The aim of the Statistics of the non-profit sector for South Africa, 2010-2014 "discussion document is to provide an overview of the financial and non-financial statistics of the non-profit sector for South Africa for the reference years 2010 to 2014."

"There has been increasing interest in recent years, internationally, in the set of entities or institutions known variously as 'non-profit', 'voluntary' or 'non-government' organisations. In order to differentiate them from corporations and government institutional units, these entities are referred to as NPIs in the national accounts. The scale and number of such organisations have been increasing and they have taken on expanded roles as governments seek to provide social and other services in more flexible, cost-effective ways. At the same time, economic statistics covering NPIs have been quite limited."