South Africa World Economy Ranking: 61 stats

Economic indicators provided by The World Bank. Freedom indexes by The Heritage and Cato Institute. Human development data from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	South Africa	Rank
GDP	$368.3B	35
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	171
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.1%	151
Population	57.7M	24
GDP per capita	$6.4k	95
GDP per capita growth	-0.57%	163
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	6.16	94
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.47	99
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$14k	98
GNI, Atlas method	$332.3B	37
GNI per capita	$5.8k	92
GNI, PPP adjusted	$765.8B	29
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	92

Financial system and Human development

Stat	South Africa	Rank
Income Tax Rate	45%	159
Corporate Tax Rate	28%	114
Inflation, consumer prices	4.6%	143
Inflation, GDP deflator	3.9%	118
Unemployment	27%	194
Economic Freedom Index	58.8	114
Personal Freedom Index	6.92	103
Human Freedom Index	6.78	100
Property Rights Index	58.4	82
Judical Effectiveness Index	38	109
Business Freedom Index	62	100
Fiscal Health Index	64	120
Labor Freedom Index	58.8	96
Investment Freedom Index	45	130
Financial Freedom Index	50	82
Trade Freedom Index	75.8	90
Monetary Freedom Index	75.9	105
Government Spending Index	67.4	99
Tax Burden Index	63.7	155
Government Integrity Index	46.6	60
Corruption Perceptions Index	43	89
Life expectancy at birth, years	63.5	165
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	11.6	142
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25.9	157
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	35.9	190
International tourism, number of arrivals	10.5M	38

Government debt & reserves

Stat	South Africa	Rank
Central government debt, % of GDP	56.7%	78
External debt stocks, % of GNI	50.6%	46
External debt stocks	$179.3B	9
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	70.9%	16
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	19.9%	33
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.6%	122
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.9%	130
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	17.9%	148
Total reserves including gold	$51.6B	38
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$5.5B	39

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	South Africa	Rank
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.9%	120
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.6%	143
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$13.4B	173
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	30.9%	47
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$817.9M	26
Personal remittances received	$929M	88
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.9%	83
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	147
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$1.8B	27
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$120.7M	37
Expense, % of GDP	34.4%	38
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	33%	80