Population: 63,616,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $11,190
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage
Earners: 41%
Women as % of Parliament: 45%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric
tons): 9.2
Death Due to Non-Communicable
Diseases: 29%
Births Attended by Skill Health
Personnel (%): N/A
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality
Rating: N/A
Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.29 million
Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (%
of GDP): -4.42
Economy: Human Development
Index: .629
Economy: Technology Index: 4.33
Education: Average Years of School
for Adults: 6.1
Education: Education Spending (as
% of GDP): 5.5%
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio
(elementary): 33.5%
Education: Teachers as % of Labor
Force: N/A
Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $689
Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: N/A
Health: Physicians Per 1000: .77
Media: Televisions (total number): 6 million
Media: Per Capita Televisions (you
compute this): .094
% of GDP as Industry: 29%
Total Labor Force: 18.54 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 26%
Unemployment Rate: 24.9%
Public Debt % of GDP: 45.4% of GDP
Inflation Rate: 5.8%
Industries: mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair
Value of Exports: $91.05 billion
Export Commodities: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Export Partners and %: China 11.8%, US 8.3%, Japan 6%, Germany 5.7%, India 4.2%
Value of Imports: $99.55 billion
Import Commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Import Partners and %: China 14.4%, Germany 10.1%, Saudi Arabia 7.7%, US 7.4%, Japan 4.6%, India 4.5%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 9.58
Electricity Production: 257.9 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 234.2 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 90.8% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 4.1% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric
Plants: 1.5% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.5% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 437,600 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 590,900 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 1.28 billion cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 4.01 billion cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 4.03 million
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 68.4 million
# of Internet Hosts: 4.761 million
# of Internet Users: 4.42 million
# of Airports (total): 566
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 144
# of km of Roadways (total): 364,131 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 62,995 km
# km of Waterways: N/A
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $11,190
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage
Earners: 41%
Women as % of Parliament: 45%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric
tons): 9.2
Death Due to Non-Communicable
Diseases: 29%
Births Attended by Skill Health
Personnel (%): N/A
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality
Rating: N/A
Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.29 million
Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (%
of GDP): -4.42
Economy: Human Development
Index: .629
Economy: Technology Index: 4.33
Education: Average Years of School
for Adults: 6.1
Education: Education Spending (as
% of GDP): 5.5%
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio
(elementary): 33.5%
Education: Teachers as % of Labor
Force: N/A
Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $689
Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: N/A
Health: Physicians Per 1000: .77
Media: Televisions (total number): 6 million
Media: Per Capita Televisions (you
compute this): .094
% of GDP as Industry: 29%
Total Labor Force: 18.54 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 26%
Unemployment Rate: 24.9%
Public Debt % of GDP: 45.4% of GDP
Inflation Rate: 5.8%
Industries: mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair
Value of Exports: $91.05 billion
Export Commodities: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Export Partners and %: China 11.8%, US 8.3%, Japan 6%, Germany 5.7%, India 4.2%
Value of Imports: $99.55 billion
Import Commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Import Partners and %: China 14.4%, Germany 10.1%, Saudi Arabia 7.7%, US 7.4%, Japan 4.6%, India 4.5%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 9.58
Electricity Production: 257.9 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 234.2 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 90.8% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 4.1% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric
Plants: 1.5% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.5% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 437,600 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 590,900 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 1.28 billion cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 4.01 billion cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 4.03 million
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 68.4 million
# of Internet Hosts: 4.761 million
# of Internet Users: 4.42 million
# of Airports (total): 566
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 144
# of km of Roadways (total): 364,131 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 62,995 km
# km of Waterways: N/A
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay