Economy
GDP (Purchasing Power)
$578.6 billion (2012) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) $390.9 billion GDP (Composition by Sector) Agriculture: 2.4% Industry: 32.1% Services 64.9% GDP (per capita) $11,300 Inflation Rate: 5.2% Budget: revenues: $95.27 billion expenditures: $116.5 billion Public Debt: 43.3% of GDP Labor Force: 17.89 million (population is 49 million) Unemployment Rate: 28.7% Population below Poverty Line: 31.3% |
2012 Budget
This video discusses South Africa's 2013 Budget plans.
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Agriculture Products:
corn wheat sugarcane fruits vegetables beef poultry mutton wool dairy products Industries: mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, and chromium) automobile assembly metalworking machinery textiles iron and steel chemicals fertilizers commercial ship repair Exports ($101.2 billion) gold diamonds platinum machinery and equipment Imports ($106.8 billion) chemicals petroleum products scientific instruments foodstuffs |
Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html