Sudáfrica

Official Name:

Republic of South Africa (South Africa)

Area:

1.219.912 km ²

Population (2007):

43.997.828 inhabitants

Coastline:

2.798 km

Capital:

Pretoria (administrative capital)

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Northern Cape, Western Cape

Language(s):

IsiZulu 23,8%, IsiXhosa 17,6%, Afrikaans 13,3%, Sepedi 9,4%, English 8,2%, Setswana 8,2%, Sesotho 7,9%, Xitsonga 4,4%, other 7,2% (2001 census)

National holiday:

Freedom Day, 27 April (1994)

Nationality:

South African(s)

Official time:

UTC 2.

Member of:

ACP, AfDB, AU, BIS, C, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, NSG, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.za

Economic Profile

Currency:

Rand (ZAR)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD13.300 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 201.400.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

5% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 2,6%
• Industry: 30,3%
• Services: 67,1%

Labor force:

16.090.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1999):

• Agriculture 30%
• Industry:25%
• Services 45%

Unemployment rate:

25.5% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

17,1% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD72.150.000.000
• Expenditures: USD75.930.000.000

Public debt:

32,9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -12.690.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 59.150.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment

Exports - Partners:

Japan 9,9%, UK 9,7%, US 9,5%, Germany 6,5%, Netherlands 4,6% (2005)

Imports:

USD 61.530.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Germany 14,2%, China 9,1%, US 7,9%, Japan 6,8%, Canada 6,3%, UK 5,6%, France 4,5%, Iran 4,2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD23.740.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 55.470.000.000 (2006)