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: 1,213,090 km²
Population in million: 57,779,600.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 6,374
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 13,687
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 55.5
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.4 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 28.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 63.5 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 87 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 368,289,000,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 2.2
Industry value added of GDP: 25.9
Services value added of GDP: 1.3
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 108,268,000.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 81,901,600.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (7.53 %)
Ferro-alloys (4.09 %)
Motor cars and other motor vehicles (4.09 %)
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods (1.95 %)
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles (0.82 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Citrus fruit (1.15 %)
Wine of fresh grapes (0.82 %)
Grapes (0.73 %)
Chemical wood pulp (0.60 %)
Apples, pears and quinces (0.55 %)
Infrastructures
| 2020 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructures | 80 | |
| Transport and logistics South Africa: 57 | 57 | |
| Electricity and telecommunications South Africa: 84 | 84 |