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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $456.7 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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1.9% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $10,700 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 31%
services: 65.2% (2003)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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16% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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50% (2000 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 45.9% (1994)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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59.3 (1993-94)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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5.9% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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16.35 million economically active (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $37.48 billion
expenditures: $41.46 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (2003)
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Public debt:
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38.2% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs
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Industrial production growth rate:
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5% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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195.6 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 93.5%
hydro: 1.1%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 5.5%
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Electricity - consumption:
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181.2 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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6.91 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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6.2 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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196,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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460,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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7.84 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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14.16 million cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
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Current account balance:
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$-1.234 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$36.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment (1998 est.)
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Exports - partners:
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UK 12.6%, US 12.4%, Japan 9.2%, Germany 8.1%, China 4.7%, Italy 4.4% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$33.89 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)
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Imports - partners:
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Germany 16.8%, UK 8.6%, US 8.3%, Japan 6%, China 6%, Saudi Arabia 5.3%, France 5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$7.972 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$25.9 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$487.5 million (2000)
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Currency:
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rand (ZAR)
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Currency code:
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ZAR
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Exchange rates:
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rand per US dollar - 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002), 8.6092 (2001), 6.9398 (2000), 6.1095 (1999)
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