Countries' Indicators (Source: World Bank)
South Africa											World indicators
Indicator	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	1996	2005
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)	4.20	4.05	3.60	3.43	3.27	3.51	4.15	3.58	3.05	3.05	5.40	..
Aid per capita (current US$)	9	12.20	12.26	12.61	11.08	9.56	11.15	13.64	..	..	10.80	..
Aircraft departures	88,400	102,200	93,200	103,800	110,400	122,600	122,000	146,800	..	..	19,000,000	..
Annual deforestation (% of change)	..	..	..	..	.09	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)	..	..	84.40	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)	..	8.16	8.01	7.75	7.43	7.42	7.60	..	..	..	..	..
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)	2595.60	2659.19	2,612	2547.18	2480.07	2469.56	2439.53	2587.16	..	..	1691.10	..
Current revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)	25.90	26.18	27.01	27.84	26.70	27.67	..	..	..	..	186.20	..
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)	..	3800.17	3786.42	3703.64	4360.84	4287.81	4380.79	4503.71	..	..	..	..
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	24.50	24.56	25.74	25.71	27.87	29.96	32.71	27.91	26.57	26.57	21.70	..
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	..	3	..	..	2.88	..	2.80	2.80	2.70	..	..	..
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) (Millions)	..	3,811	550	1,503	969	7,270	735	770	585	..	..	..
Forest area (sq. km)	..	..	..	..	92,030	..	..	..	..	92,030	..	39,426,350
Freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)	..	..	..	..	1168.20	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
GDP (current US$) (Millions)	..	148,814	134,000	131,058	132,878	118,479	110,882	166,169	214,663	240,152	..	44,384,870
GDP growth (annual %)	4.20	2.65	.75	2.03	4.15	2.74	3.69	2.98	4.47	4.90	3.50	3.55
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)	3,770	3,700	3,290	3,120	3,050	2,830	2,630	2,860	3,670	4,960	5,240	6987.39
GNI, Atlas method (current US$) (Millions)	150,300	150,597	138,000	133,990	134,408	126,987	119,432	131,231	167,212	224,120	30,000,000	44,983,340
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)	16.90	15.95	16.59	15.89	15.91	15.29	16.05	16.94	17.51	17.51	22.80	..
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	5.70	7	8.64	8.18	6.97	5.60	5.13	4.96	5.66	..	20	..
Illiteracy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)	..	16.67	16.26	15.84	15.43	15.05	14.66	..	..	..	..	..
Illiteracy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)	..	15.11	14.76	14.39	14.02	13.68	..	..	..	..	..	..
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	23.20	23.44	24.58	23.09	24.92	26.07	28.51	23.18	22.39	22.39	21.40	..
Improved water source (% of population with access)	..	..	..	..	86	..	87	..	88	..	..	..
Industry, value added (% of GDP)	33.30	32.76	32.15	31.05	31.78	32.27	33.08	31.66	30.81	30.81	32.30	..
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)	8.30	8.11	6.95	6.20	8.81	7.67	10.51	4.44	5.59	4.99	..	4.80
Internet users	..	800,000	1,266,000	1,820,000	2,400,000	3,068,000	..	..	..	..	..	..
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	..	54.72	..	48.47	47.81	..	46.48	45.53	44.64	..	..	..
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5)	..	..	..	11.50	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)	..	59	..	..	50	..	52	53	54	..	..	..
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)	..	70	..	..	63	..	65	66	67	..	..	..
Net barter terms of trade (1995 = 100)	..	100	99	97	96	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
Overall budget balance, including grants (% of GDP)	-5	-3.40	-2.66	-1.46	-2.17	-.97	..	..	..	..	-12	..
Personal computers (per 1,000 people)	33.70	43.66	54.59	60.39	66.38	69.57	72.60	..	..	..	48.20	..
Population growth (annual %)	2	1.88	2.35	2.41	2.48	1.83	1.18	1.06	-.70	-.70	1.40	1.17
Population, total	39,900,000	40,670,330	41,900,000	42,923,480	44,000,000	44,812,420	45,345,290	45,828,700	45,509,240	45,192,000	5,700,000,000	6,437,784,000
Poverty headcount, national (% of population)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Present value of debt (current US$) (Millions)	..	..	..	..	23,774	23,380	24,966	28,586	..	..	..	..
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)	..	..	..	24.82	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Primary education, pupils (% female)	..	..	49.19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Roads, paved (% of total roads)	..	19.70	19.70	20.30	20.30	..	20.86	..	..	..	..	..
Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)	..	..	..	..	93	..	86	..	79	..	..	..
School enrollment, primary (% net)	..	102.47	91.30	92.01	89.65	89.53	88.99	..	..	..	..	..
School enrollment, secondary (% net)	..	55.90	59.41	62.29	61.97	63.06	65.54	..	..	..	..	..
Secondary education, pupils (% female)	..	..	53.05	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP)	62.50	63.19	64.24	65.52	64.94	64.22	62.77	64.75	66.14	66.14	62.30	..
Short-term debt outstanding (DOD, current US$) (Millions)	..	10,928	11,444	10,815	9,553	8,355	7,400	7,359	..	..	..	..
Surface area (sq km)	..	1,221,040	1,221,040	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	..	..	..	..
Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes)	.10	.06	.07	.08	.09	.07	.09	.15	..	..	.10	..
Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services)	..	17.30	12.24	12.02	9.77	11.40	12.15	8.80	..	..	..	..
Trade in goods (% of GDP)	..	43.15	41.60	40.75	46.62	50.34	55.47	48.51	..	..	..	..
Trade in goods (% of goods GDP)	..	102.24	100.20	100.64	115.50	123.43	132.35	119.33	..	..	..	..
Urban population (% of total)	49.50	54.27	55.13	55.99	56.87	57.62	..	..	..	..	45.40	..
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people)	..	..	199.68	248.08	302.29	350.60	409	473.09	..	..	..	..
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)	..	..	82	82	77	72	78	83	81	..	..	..
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)	..	..	83.73	84.14	84.56	84.95	85.34	..	..	..	..	..
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)	..	..	84.46	84.85	85.24	85.61	85.98	..	82.40	..	..	..
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)	..	..	..	90	89.79	..	101.98	..	..	..	..	..
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)	..	..	..	87	89.04	..	93.38	95.64	..	..	..	..
Agricultural land (% of land area)	..	..	..	..	82.04	82.04	82.04	82.04	..	..	..	..
Cash surplus/deficit (% of GDP)	..	..	..	..	-1.96	-.92	-1.62	-2.29	-1.93	..	..	..
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)	..	..	..	..	-32.56	-30.48	-29.25	-30.29	..	..	..	..
Internet users (per 1,000 people)	..	..	..	..	54.55	64.49	68.36	72.55	78.36	..	..	..
Long-term debt (DOD, current US$) (Millions)	..	..	..	..	15,308	15,695	17,641	20,448	20,591	..	..	..
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)	..	..	..	..	154.24	117.95	166.50	161.13	212.21	235.44	..	99.81
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	..	..	..	..	44.91	48.54	53.20	46.68	48.04	49.29	..	47.07
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	..	..	..	..	1.42	1.52	1.55	1.56	1.41	1.42	..	2.48
Net barter terms of trade (2000 = 100)	..	..	..	..	100	100.11	102.63	110.89	119.72	..	..	..
Official development assistance and official aid (current US$)	..	..	..	..	487,530,000	428,450,000	505,430,000	624,990,000	617,280,000	..	..	..
Present value of debt (% of GNI)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16.82	..	..	..
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)	..	..	..	..	..	20.90	15.60	18.61	..	18.78	..	.96
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)	..	..	..	..	100.82	101.47	100.96	100.56	..	..	..	..
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)	..	..	..	..	26.57	27.67	26.63	26.33	28.03	..	..	..
School enrollment, primary (% gross)	..	..	..	..	106.73	105.67	105.69	105.02	..	..	..	..
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)	..	..	..	..	84.90	86.63	88.57	90.47	..	..	..	..
School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)	..	..	..	..	14.39	14.48	14.61	15.29	..	..	..	..
Surface area (sq. km)	..	..	..	..	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	1,219,090	..	133,940,900
Time required to start a business (days)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38	38	38	..	47.52
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income)	..	..	..	..	9.77	11.40	12.15	8.80	6.38	..	..	..
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (US$)	..	..	..	..	344,000,000	297,000,000	288,000,000	435,000,000	523,000,000	658,000,000	..	248,854,900,000