South Africa

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Number of Skyscrapers in South Africa
TOTAL	Skyscrapers over...
TOTAL	175 metres	200 metres	250 metres	1000 feet	400 metres	50 floors	60 floors	70 floors	80 floors	90 floors	100 floors
5	2	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

Maximum number of skyscrapers on a square kilometre: 2

Years with most completed skyscrapers in South Africa
Year	1973	1975	2010	2019
Skyscrapers	2	1	1	1

60% built before 2000 40% built since 2000

80% built before 2013 20% built since 2013

Year since the skylines of South Africa doubled: 1974

Year since the skylines of South Africa tripled: 1972

Year since the skylines of South Africa quadrupled: 1972

(by combined number of skyscrapers of all skylines in South Africa)

Cities in South Africa with the highest number of skyscrapers
City	over 500ft	over 200m	over 1000ft	Tallest Building	Max Height	Max Floors	First
Johannesburg	4	2	-	The Leonardo	227m	56 floors	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks Labels: Height Size: 6.26 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks Labels: Name Size: 6.17 kB
Durban	1	-	-	Pearl Dawn	152m	31 floors	2010	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks Labels: Height Size: 1.65 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks Labels: Name Size: 1.62 kB

Tallest skyscrapers in South Africa
Rank	Worldwide Rank	Name	City	Height	Floors	Year
1	1050	The Leonardo	Johannesburg	227m	56	2019	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 1.63 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 1.61 kB
2	1965	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	201m	49	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 1.62 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 1.6 kB
3	3910	Ponte Tower	Johannesburg	172m	54	1975	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 1.61 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 1.58 kB
4	6377	Marble Towers	Johannesburg	152m	32	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 1.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 1.58 kB
4	6377	Pearl Dawn	Durban	152m	31	2010	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 1.58 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 1.56 kB
Combined height of all skyscrapers in South Africa: 904 metres

Last updated: March 22, 2023
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