| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $456.7 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $10,700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 31%
services: 65.2% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
50% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 45.9% (1994) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
5.9% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
16.35 million economically active (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $37.48 billion
expenditures: $41.46 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (2003) |
| Industries : |
mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
5% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
195.6 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 93.5%
hydro: 1.1%
nuclear: 5.5%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
181.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
6.91 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
6.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products |
| Exports : |
$36.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment (1998 est.) |
| Exports - Partners : |
UK 12.6%, US 12.4%, Japan 9.2%, Germany 8.1%, China 4.7%, Italy 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$33.89 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.) |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 16.8%, UK 8.6%, US 8.3%, Japan 6%, China 6%, Saudi Arabia 5.3%, France 5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$25.9 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$487.5 million (2000) |
| Currency : |
rand (ZAR) |
| Currency Code : |
ZAR |
| Exchange Rates : |
rand per US dollar - 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002), 8.6092 (2001), 6.9398 (2000), 6.1095 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
