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# South Africa National ID

> Verify identities using the South Africa National ID, which verifies citizen data against the official population registry via a tamper-resistant smart ID card.

The South African National ID is South Africa’s national ID system that verifies citizen data against the official population registry. A tamper-resistant smart ID card is issued at age 16, and is compulsory for citizens and permanent residents; it serves as the primary identification document for government and private-sector transactions.

## Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of South Africa National ID among users in South Africa.

|                 |                                            |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Adoption        | 60 million                                 |
| Adoption source | N/A                                        |
| Adoption rate   | 125.79%                                    |
| Coverage        | 48M                                        |
| Status          | <Badge color="yellow">Coming soon!</Badge> |

## Provider ID

This is the unique identifier for this digital ID provider in the GBG GO system.

|             |                             |
| ----------- | --------------------------- |
| Provider ID | `south-africa-nid-lookup-2` |

## Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.

| Compliance data           | Status                             |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Locality requirements     | <Badge color="green">None</Badge>  |
| Scheme-level restrictions | <Badge color="yellow">None</Badge> |
| Certifications            | <Badge color="gray">None</Badge>   |

## Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when South Africa National ID is used for identity verification:

### Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

| Field                                           | Description                           |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| <Badge color="green">fullName</Badge>           | User’s full legal name                |
| <Badge color="gray">dateOfBirth</Badge>         | User’s date of birth                  |
| <Badge color="yellow">sex</Badge>               | User’s gender                         |
| <Badge color="purple">type</Badge>              | Type of identity document             |
| <Badge color="orange">number</Badge>            | Identity document number              |
| <Badge color="green">nationalIdNumber</Badge>   | Matched national ID number            |
| <Badge color="gray">match fullName</Badge>      | Full name from the matched record     |
| <Badge color="yellow">match sex</Badge>         | Gender from the matched record        |
| <Badge color="purple">match dateOfBirth</Badge> | Date of birth from the matched record |

### Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.

| Field                                          | Description                    |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| <Badge color="green">fullName</Badge>          | Person’s full legal name       |
| <Badge color="gray">dateOfBirth</Badge>        | Person’s date of birth         |
| <Badge color="yellow">gender</Badge>           | Person’s gender                |
| <Badge color="purple">nationalIdNumber</Badge> | National identification number |