South Africa
Key Indicators
Summary statistics
Capital: Pretoria Cape Town Bloemfontein
Currency: South African Rand (ZAR)
Area: 1,221,037 km²
Geographic Location: Region: Southern Africa, Coordinates: Pretoria: Approx 25.74°S latitude. and 28.19°E lon. Cape Town: Approx 33.92°S lat and 18.42°E lon. Bloemfontein: Approx 29.12°S lat and 26.22°E lon
Population: 64.0 million
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 405.11 | 380.91 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 6.68 thousand | 5.8 thousand |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | -1.834 | -9.533 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | -0.5 | -2.5 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | -4.7 | -6.4 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 71.1 | 73.7 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 59,893,885 | 60,414,495 |