South Africa
General information
Capital: Pretoria
Currency unit: South African rand
Official language: Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Pedi, Sesotho (Sotho), siSwati (Swazi), Xitsonga (Tsonga), Tswana, Tshivenda (Venda), isiXhosa, isiZulu
Area: 1,219,090 km²
Population in million: 56.7
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 6,161
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 13,498
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 54.7
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.2 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 28.8 %
Life expectancy at birth: 62.8 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 95 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 349.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 2.3
Industry value added of GDP: 25.9
Services value added of GDP: 61.5
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 103.90
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 76.97
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (8.20 %)
Ferro-alloys (4.35 %)
Motor cars and other motor vehicles (4.34 %)
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods (2.07 %)
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles (0.87 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Citrus fruit (1.22 %)
Wine of fresh grapes (0.87 %)
Grapes (0.78 %)
Chemical wood pulp (0.64 %)
Apples, pears and quinces (0.59 %)
National attractiveness
| 2016 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 88 | |
| Infrastructures South Africa: 55 | 55 | |
| Market South Africa: 77 | 77 | |
| Human and financial capital South Africa: 100 | 100 | |
| Political and economic governance South Africa: 78 | 78 |