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PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's economy eked out marginal growth of 0.1% in the final quarter of 2023, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday, in the last gross domestic product release ...
The economy of South Africa is the largest economy in Africa, it is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [ 33 ]
Countries in Africa are sorted according to data from the International Monetary Fund. [1] The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency . [ 2 ]
Rank Province Population (2022) [1] GDP (2013; ZAR millions) [2] GDP per capita (2013; ZAR) GDP per capita (2013; USD PPP) 1 Gauteng: 15,099,422 1,194,140 94,179 18,259 2 ...
At the bottom of the list, South Africa had a growth rate of 0.1% while Equatorial Guinea’s economy had receded with a rate of -1.8%. World Bank estimates for 2022 presented a different picture, with Niger leading economic growth at 11.5%, South Sudan receding at a rate of -10.8% and the continent as a whole seeing an average of 4.2% growth. [3]
The energy crisis has significantly limited economic growth in South Africa thereby preventing the country from resolving high rates of unemployment. [ 27 ] [ 125 ] The power shortage is estimated to have reduced economic growth in 2021 by 3% thereby costing the country an estimated 350,000 potential new jobs for that year alone. [ 27 ]
The economy of the Western Cape in South Africa is dominated by the city of Cape Town, which accounted for 72% of the Western Cape's economic activity in 2016. [7] The single largest contributor to the region's economy is the financial and business services sector, followed by manufacturing.
In South Africa, this idea is known as the first (capitalist, high-profit industries) and second (underdeveloped) economies. [6] The first economy contributes to the majority of South Africa's wealth and is integrated within the world economy. The second economy consists of low-skilled and outdated jobs.