Country statistical profile: South Africa 2018/3

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2018 Country statistical profile: South Africa 2018/3

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‌	Country statistical profile: South Africa 2018
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‌	‌‌	‌Unit‌	‌2010‌	‌2011‌	‌2012‌	‌2013‌	‌2014‌	‌2015‌	‌2016‌	‌2017‌
‌	Production and income
‌	GDP per capita	USD current PPPs	11 816	12 234	12 600	12 931	13 176	13 298	13 335	13 545
‌	Gross national income (GNI) per capita	USD current PPPs	11 564	11 921	12 258	12 592	12 825	12 969	12 966	13 139
‌	Household disposable income	Annual growth %	5.0	4.7	2.5	3.2	1.9	..	..	..
‌	Economic growth
‌	Real GDP growth	Annual growth %	3.0	3.3	2.2	2.5	1.8	1.3	0.6	1.3
‌	Net saving rate in household disposable income	%	-0.8	-1.1	-2.1	-2.5	-2.4	..	..	..
‌	Gross fixed capital formation	Annual growth %	-3.9	5.5	2.6	7.2	0.7	3.4	-4.1	0.4
‌	Economic structure: share of real value added
‌	Agriculture, forestry, fishing	%	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6
‌	Industry including energy	%	26.2	25.5	24.5	24.3	24.3	23.5	23.9	23.8
‌	Construction	%	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
‌	Trade, repairs, transport, accomm., food services	%	14.9	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.8	15.0	14.9	15.0
‌	Information, communication	%	9.2	9.4	9.9	10.3	10.3	10.2	9.9	9.9
‌	Finance and insurance	%	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.6	14.5	14.6	14.5 e	..
‌	Real estate	%	6.2	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	..
‌	Professional, scientific, support services	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Public admin., defence, education, health, social work	%	16.2	16.5	16.5	16.8	17.1	17.3	17.6	17.7
‌	Other services (ISIC Rev.4 R - U)	%	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.7	5.8
‌	Government deficits and debt
‌	Government deficit	% of GDP	-3.1	-3.0	-3.2	-3.3	-4.1	..	..	..
‌	General government debt	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	General government revenues	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	General government expenditures	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Expenditure
‌	Government/compulsory expenditure on health	% of GDP	3.0 e	3.2 e	3.4 e	3.3 e	3.4 e	3.5 e	..	..
‌	Voluntary expenditure on health	% of GDP	..	4.3 e	4.4 e	4.4 e	4.5 e	4.7 e	..	..
‌	Public social expenditure	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Private social expenditure	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Public pension expenditure	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Private pension expenditure	% of GDP	5.3	3.9	3.9	4.3	..	..	..	..
‌	Net official development assistance (Aid)	% of GNI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Taxes
‌	Total tax revenue	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Tax on personal income	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Tax on corporate profits	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Taxes on goods and services	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Taxes on the average worker	% of labour cost	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Trade
‌	Imports of goods and services	% of GDP	27.4	29.7	31.2	33.3	33.0	31.4	30.1	28.4
‌	Exports of goods and services	% of GDP	28.6	30.5	29.7	31.0	31.5	30.2	30.7	29.8
‌	Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods	Bln USD	8.2	6.8	-4.5	-7.2	-5.1	-3.6	2.4	5.2
‌	Imports of goods	Bln USD	83.2	102.7	104.6	103.9	98.6	84.4	74.1	82.9
‌	Exports of goods	Bln USD	91.4	109.5	100.2	96.8	93.5	80.7	76.5	88.1
‌	Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services	Bln USD	-3.5	-3.4	-1.3	-1.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4
‌	Imports of services	Bln USD	19.5	20.8	18.9	18.0	17.0	15.5	14.9	16.2
‌	Exports of services	Bln USD	16.0	17.4	17.6	16.8	16.8	15.0	14.3	15.8
‌	Current account balance of payments	% of GDP	-1.5	-2.2	-5.1	-5.8	-5.1	-4.6	-2.8	-2.4
‌	Foreign direct investment (FDI)
‌	Outward FDI stocks	Mln USD	83 248	97 051	111 779	128 681	146 023	154 683	175 635	..
‌	Inward FDI stocks	Mln USD	179 564	159 391	163 509	152 123	138 904	126 755	135 453	..
‌	Inflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	4 015	3 785	4 403	8 296	5 772	1 729	2 235	1 325
‌	Outflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	-84	-229	2 886	6 646	7 671	5 744	4 474	7 835
‌	Prices and interest rates
‌	Inflation rate: all items	Annual growth %	4.1	5.0	5.7	5.8	6.1	4.5	6.6	5.2
‌	Inflation rate: all items non food non energy	Annual growth %	4.1	3.7	4.8	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.7	4.6
‌	Inflation rate: food	Annual growth %	1.2	7.1	7.2	5.7	8.0	5.0	11.7	6.8
‌	Inflation rate: energy	Annual growth %	14.2	19.6	14.8	9.1	7.2	-3.5	4.8	6.4
‌	Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing	Annual growth %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Long-term interest rates	%	8.62	8.52	7.90	7.72	8.25	8.17	9.02	9.05
‌	Purchasing power and exchange rates
‌	Purchasing power parities	ZAR per USD	4.57	4.77	4.94	5.16	5.36	5.56	5.87	6.08
‌	Exchange rates	ZAR per USD	7.32	7.26	8.21	9.66	10.85	12.76	14.71	13.33
‌	Indices of price levels	OECD=100	61	63	59	54	51	49	45	52
‌	Energy supply and prices
‌	Total primary energy supply (TPES)	Mtoe	141.5	142.3	138.8	139.0	145.6	142.0	..	..
‌	TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs	Toe per '000 USD	0.24	0.23	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.21	..	..
‌	Renewable energy	Ktoe	14 831.3	15 055.5	15 219.5	15 472.9	15 876.9	16 346.8	..	..
‌	Crude oil import prices	USD per barrel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
‌	Households with access to computers	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Households with access to internet	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Environment
‌	Water abstactions	Mln m3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	National fish landings in domestic ports	'000 tonnes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	National fish landings in foreign ports	'000 tonnes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Aquaculture	'000 tonnes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Municipal waste total	'000 tonnes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Municipal waste total per capita	Kg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	CO2emissions from fuel combustion	Mln tonnes	407	393	412	421	435	428	..	..
‌	Education
‌	Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64	%	11	12	11	12	12	12	..	..
‌	Expenditure per student: primary, 2010 prices	USD constant PPPs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Expenditure per student: secondary, 2010 prices	USD constant PPPs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2010 prices	USD constant PPPs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Employment
‌	Employment rate in population aged 15-24	%	12.8	12.7	12.3	12.5	12.3	13.3	12.3	12.5
‌	Employment rate in population aged 25-54	%	56.8	56.7	57.3	57.7	57.5	58.3	57.5	57.4
‌	Employment rate in population aged 55-64	%	37.9	38.7	38.6	39.2	40.6	40.0	39.5	41.1
‌	Incidence of part-time employment	%	7.7	7.4	7.7	8.3	8.0	8.8	9.0	9.0
‌	Self-employment rate: total employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Self-employment rate: male employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Self-employment rate: female employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Unemployment
‌	Unemployment rate: total labour force	%	24.9	24.8	24.9	24.7	25.1	25.4	26.7	27.5
‌	Unemployment rate: male labour force	%	23.0	22.7	23.0	23.1	23.3	23.4	24.8	25.7
‌	Unemployment rate: female labour force	%	27.2	27.4	27.2	26.7	27.2	27.7	29.2	29.6
‌	Long-term unemployment: total unemployed	%	56.7	59.7	58.5	57.8	57.8	57.0	58.8	60.4
‌	Labour compensation and hours worked
‌	Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy	Annual growth %	15.9	7.2	6.7	6.5	5.8	..	..	..
‌	Average time worked per person in employment	Hours per year	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Research and Development (R&D)
‌	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D	Mln USD	4 428	4 558	4 653	4 713	5 095	5 348	..	..
‌	Researchers: full-time equivalent	Per '000 employed	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	..	..
‌	Population
‌	Total population	'000 persons	50 792	51 554	52 341	53 158	54 002	..	..	..
‌	Population growth rates	%	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	..	..	..
‌	Total fertitity rates	Children	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	..
‌	Youth population aged less than 15	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Elderly population aged 65 and over	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	International migration
‌	Foreign-born population	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Foreign population	% of population	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Unemployment rate in population of native-born men	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born men	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Unemployment rate in population of native-born women	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born women	% of labour force	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Health
‌	Life expectancy at birth	Years	54.4	55.3	56.1	56.8	57.2	57.5	..	..
‌	Life expectancy at birth: men	Years	52.7	53.5	54.2	54.7	55.2	55.5	..	..
‌	Life expectancy at birth: women	Years	56.1	57.2	58.1	58.8	59.3	59.5	..	..
‌	Infant mortality	Per '000	38.2	37.1	36.8	35.3	34.4	33.6	..	..
‌	Overweight or obese, % of population aged 15 and over	Measured	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Suicide Rates	Per 100 000 persons	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.0	..	..
‌	Transport
‌	Goods transport	Mln tonne-km	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Passenger transport	Mln passenger-km	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
‌	Road Fatalities	Per mln inhabitants	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Last updated: 6 July 2018; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer
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e	Estimated value
Source: OECD Data (data.oecd.org).

doi: 10.1787/csp-zaf-table-2018-3-en