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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about South Africa economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of South Africa best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 41.8 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 288.2 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 758.1 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
5.6% | 5.4% | 3.2% | -1.5 | 3% | 3.3% | 2.2% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
2.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
1.01% | 0.85% | 0.68% | 0.67% | 0.6% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
0.7% (2012)
OECD, data retrieved January 2017
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
5.8% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 6.4% | 6.0% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
24.7% | 25.1% | 25.4% | 26.3% | 27.0% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* |
44% | 46.9% | 49.8% | 51.7% | 53.3% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* |
-3.9% | -3.7% | -3.9% | -3.9% | -3.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB-
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 942.8 billion | USD 933.9 billion | USD 735.9 billion |
Standard Bank Group, Steinhoff International, Sasol, FirstRand, MTN Group, Naspers, Sanlam, Bidvest Group, Shoprite Holdings, Remgro, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, MMI Holdings, RMB Holdings.
-3.2% (2017 estimate)
30.7% (2015)
0.5% (2015)
0.3% (2015)
Gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
China 11.3%, US 7.3%, Germany 6%, Namibia 5.2%, Botswana 5.2%, Japan 4.7%, UK 4.3%, India 4.2% (2015)
China 17.6%, Germany 11.2%, US 6.7%, Nigeria 5%, India 4.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 8,300 million | USD 5,771 million | USD 1,772 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 6,649 million | USD 7,669 million | USD 5,349 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 825.1 million | USD 2367.6 million | USD 1864.5 million | USD 549.3 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 74 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 131 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 113 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 105 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 62 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 22 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 139 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 51 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 99 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 111 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 50 out of 190 countries
47 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 80 / Score: 61.9 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
IsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)
Protestant 36.6% (Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%), Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
36.79 million | 44.85 million | 50.772 million | 53.87 million | 60.667 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
47% | 48% | 57% | 65% |
Total population: 94.3%
Male: 95.5%
Female: 93.1% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
13.1% (2011)
63.4 (2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 7.75% Mobile 164.51% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Johannesburg: 205th
Cape Town: 208th
(2016)