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Year200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Indicator
Table 1 - Macroeconomic IndicatorsReal GDP Growth................4.5
(E3.1
(P3.2
(P3.3
Real GDP per capita growth................1.4
(E0
(P0.2
(P0.5
CPI inflation................1.6
(E-0.1
(P0.6
(P1.5
Budget balance % GDP................-2.4
(E-2.4
(P-1.3
(P-1.1
Current account balance % GDP................-25.4
(E-23.1
(P-17.8
(P-17.2
Table 2 - GDP by Sector (percentage)Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing........15.1......12......
Mining and quarrying........8.1......10.4......
Manufacturing........15.5......12.8......
Electricity, gas and water........4......4.3......
Construction........2......3.5......
Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants ........17.5......16.8......
Transport, storage and communication ........15.7......12.7......
Finance, real estate and business services ........9.6......11.3......
Public Administration, Education, Health & Social Work, Community, Social & Personal Services........2.7......3.7......
Other services ........9.8......12.3......
Gross domestic product at basic prices / factor cost........100......100......
Table 3 - Public finances (percentage of GDP) (a)Hide subtree Total revenue and grants..8.5........26.728.227.7
(E28.1
(P27.9
(P28.2
Total revenue and grantsTax revenue..8.2........24.326.525.3
(E25.6
(P25.3
(P25.7
Grants..0........000
(E0
(P0
(P0
Hide subtree Total expenditure and net lending..11.4........2929.530.2
(E30.5
(P29.1
(P29.3
Total expenditure and net lendingHide subtree Current expenditure..9.4........2426.726.6
(E26.9
(P25.7
(P25.9
Current expenditureHide subtree Excluding interest..6.5........2325.725.7
(E25.8
(P24.6
(P24.8
Excluding interestWages and salaries..3.5........16.720.220.5
(E20.7
(P19.8
(P20
Interest ..2.9........10.90.9
(E1.1
(P1.1
(P1.1
Capital expenditure..2........52.93.6
(E3.6
(P3.3
(P3.4
Primary balance..0........-1.3-0.4-1.5
(E-1.3
(P-0.1
(P0.1
Overall balance..-2.9........-2.4-1.3-2.4
(E-2.4
(P-1.3
(P-1.1
Table 4 - Current Account (percentage of GDP)Hide subtree Trade balance..-7.7........-28.7-23.5-23.1
(E-23.7
(P-17.9
(P-19.3
Trade balanceExports of goods (f.o.b.)..28.3........40.430.727.4
(E27.2
(P23.9
(P23.9
Imports of goods (f.o.b.)..36........6954.150.5
(E50.9
(P41.8
(P43.1
Services..-2........-6.9-7-6.9
(E-5.6
(P-5
(P-3.2
Factor income..-5.1........-8.3-7.7-7.5
(E-7.5
(P-7.2
(P-6.6
Current transfers..7.2........1413.512.1
(E13.7
(P12.3
(P11.8
Current account balance..-7.6........-29.8-24.6-25.4
(E-23.1
(P-17.8
(P-17.2
Figure 1 - Real GDP growth Real GDP growth (%)-2.25-3.46-3.65-17.675.311.411.910.64.5
(E3.08
(P3.18
(P3.35
Africa (%)5.245.775.975.363.45.732.846.733.54
(E3.86
(P4.5
(P5.03
Southern Africa (%)6.527.17.695.32-0.53.73.893.363.61
(E2.72
(P3.05
(P3.5
Figure 2 - Stock of total external debt (percentage of GDP) and debt service (percentage of exports of goods and services)Outstanding debt (public and private) /GDP..79.8193.52122.2697.2284.4377.8170.2987.4580.5973.61113.23
Debt service/Exports..25.8424.5933.5540.7214.3912.2317.8617.2721.732627
Legend:
EEstimated value
PProvisional value
Data extracted on 26 Apr 2024 10:06 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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