South Africa vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

South Africa with a GDP of $368.3B ranked the 35th largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, South Africa and Tuvalu ranked 95th vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	South Africa	Tuvalu
GDP	$368.3B	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.1%	N/A
Population	57.7M	11k
GDP per capita	$6.4k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	-0.57%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	6.16	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.47	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$14k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$332.3B	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$5.8k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$765.8B	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	South Africa	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	45%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	28%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.6%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	3.9%	4.9%
Unemployment	27%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	58.8	60
Personal Freedom Index	6.92	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.78	6.1
Property Rights Index	58.4	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	38	N/A
Business Freedom Index	62	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	64	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	58.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	45	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	75.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	75.9	N/A
Government Spending Index	67.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	63.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	46.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	43	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	63.5	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	11.6	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	25.9	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	35.9	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	10.5M	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	South Africa	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	56.7%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	50.6%	N/A
External debt stocks	$179.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	70.9%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	19.9%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.9%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	17.9%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$51.6B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$5.5B	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	South Africa	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.9%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.6%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$13.4B	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	30.9%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$817.9M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$929M	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25.9%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$1.8B	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$120.7M	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	34.4%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	33%	N/A