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Although the natural resource extraction industry remains one of the largest in the country with an annual contribution to the GDP of US$13.5 billion, [37] the economy of South Africa has diversified since the end of apartheid, particularly towards services. In 2019, the financial industry contributed US$41.4 billion to South Africa's GDP. [38]
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2024. [1] As of 2024, all African UN member states are included in the report.
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 ]
South Africa (average) 0.717: 4 Free State: 0.716 5 KwaZulu-Natal: 0.714 6 Northern Cape: 0.705 Medium human development 7 Mpumalanga: 0.682 8 North West: 0.680 9 ...
In January 2009 Statistics South Africa changed the naming and composition of headline CPI measures, effectively replacing CPIX as the measure for government inflation targeting. The weighting of items in the basket was also changed, with certain items excluded and new items introduced, and a broader range of prices are collected for individual ...
The IIAG is compiled by 81 indicators and 265 variables from 54 data projects, coming from 47 independent African and international data sources. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Published every two years, the IIAG is one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of data on African governance.
South African provinces by GDP. Rank Province GDP (2022; billion ZAR) [1] ... South Africa: 6,628.550: 406.330: 6,532: Constant 2010 prices - millions of Rand [2 ...
For example, South Africa during apartheid ranked high in terms of GDP per capita, but the benefits of this immense wealth and income were not shared equally among its citizens. [79] The United Nations has aimed in its Sustainable Development Goals , amongst other global initiatives, to address wealth inequality.