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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.
South Africa faces the conundrum of widening income disparities even in times of rising growth.
USD 51.6 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 368.1 billion (2018, estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2019
Intl$ 789.4 billion (2018, estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
1.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.8% |
*Estimate
0.8% (2015)
OECD, retrieved October 2019
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
4.6% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 4.4% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
25.4% | 26.7% | 27.5% | 27.1% | 27.9% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
49.3% | 51.5% | 53% | 56.7% | 59.9% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-4.8% | -4.1% | -4.4% | -4.4% | -6.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB
Moody's: Baa3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 951.3 billion | USD 1,231.0 billion | USD 865.3 billion |
Standard Bank Group, Steinhoff International, Sasol, FirstRand, MTN Group, Naspers, Sanlam, Bidvest Group, Shoprite Holdings, Remgro, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, MMI Holdings, RMB Holdings.
-3.5 % (2018 estimate)
29.9% (2018)
0.48% (2018)
0.27% (2018)
Gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
China 9.5%, US 7.7%, Germany 7.1%, Japan 4.7%, India 4.6%, Botswana 4.3%, Namibia 4.1% (2017)
China 18.3%, Germany 11.9%, US 6.6%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%, India 4.7% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 2,235 million | USD 2,007 million | USD 5,334 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 4,474 million | USD 7,366 million | USD 4,552 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: 84 out of 190 countries (2019)
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 139 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 98 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 114 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 108 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 80 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 13 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 54 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 145 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 102 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 68 out of 190 countries
60 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 102 / Score: 58.3 (Mostly unfree) (2019)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
isiZulu (official) 24.7%, isiXhosa (official) 15.6%, Afrikaans (official) 12.1%, Sepedi (official) 9.8%, Setswana (official) 8.9%, English (official) 8.4%, Sesotho (official) 8%, Xitsonga (official) 4%, siSwati (official) 2.6%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%,
Christian 86%, ancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional African religions 5.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 1.5%, nothing in particular 5.2% (2015 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
36.79 million | 44.9 million | 51.33 million | 55.41 million | 59.72 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
46.6% | 48.4% | 56.9% | 66.4% |
Total population: 94.4%
Male: 95.4%
Female: 93.4%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
37.6% (last available estimate, 2014)
63.0 (last available estimate: 2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 5.4% Mobile: 153.2% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Cape Town: 180th
Johannesburg: 185th
(2019)