| Country | South Africa |
| Year | 2000 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2030 | Comparison with other OECD countries |
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| Population and migration | Total population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 45 398.28 | 47 540.925 | 47 938.663 | 48 282.459 | 48 576.763 | 53 236.345 | /  |
Population growth rates | | 1.49732787 | 0.9602269 | 0.83662234 | 0.71715809 | 0.60954642 | 0.3303723 | /  |
Total fertility rates | | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.78 | 2.73 | .. | .. | /  |
| Elderly population | Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | 3.751532 | 4.1329044 | 4.2441672 | 4.3631125 | 4.489134 | 7.6182052 | /  |
| Macroeconomic trends | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | .. | .. | 397.46309872 | .. | 463.331 | .. | /  |
GDP per capita | | .. | .. | 8 476.82569853 | .. | 9 736.39256811 | .. | /  |
| Economic growth | Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 4.15455772 | 4.86431673 | 4.96512801 | 5.32133432 | 5.09778737 | .. | /  |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 15.14366457 | 16.15414991 | 17.07027829 | 18.83261508 | 21.12465397 | .. | /  |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | 8.80957326 | 5.54848341 | 5.41597628 | 7.32293401 | 8.99045611 | .. | /  |
| Economic structure | Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 3.27492371 | 3.1521568 | 2.70859955 | 2.8911266 | 3.19593774 | .. | /  |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 29.26267391 | 28.46110126 | 28.37276753 | 28.86962102 | 28.99842927 | .. | /  |
Value added in construction | | 2.51891513 | 2.38522151 | 2.45368879 | 2.70156146 | 2.92782083 | .. | /  |
Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 24.28682208 | 23.82009861 | 23.7729556 | 23.28657273 | 22.14226478 | .. | /  |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 18.64092959 | 20.80271665 | 21.35272158 | 21.27651469 | 22.09933452 | .. | /  |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 22.01581924 | 21.37875794 | 21.33926695 | 20.97454112 | 20.63621285 | .. | /  |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 4.72666234 | 1.37901159 | 5.45169676 | -7.15877625 | 2.87335419 | .. | /  |
Real value added in industry | | 5.14060187 | 4.30895871 | 4.54633814 | 4.46541578 | 4.79226842 | .. | /  |
Real value added in services | | 4.06293788 | 5.20876584 | 5.16848333 | 6.13044355 | 5.37491577 | .. | /  |
| Economic globalisation | Trade | Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -0.47277949 | -7.339751 | -8.04159219 | -15.86736528 | -15.84597884 | .. | /  |
Imports of goods | | 26.77073139 | 47.60327406 | 55.03263872 | 68.46912512 | 79.8725872 | .. | /  |
Exports of goods | | 26.2979519 | 40.26352306 | 46.99104653 | 52.60175984 | 64.02660836 | .. | /  |
Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | -0.77715 | -0.64619 | -0.99763 | -2.27639 | -3.05088 | .. | /  |
Imports of services | | 5.82275 | 10.32795 | 12.15493 | 14.29053 | 16.61246 | .. | /  |
Exports of services | | 5.0456 | 9.68176 | 11.1573 | 12.01414 | 13.56158 | .. | /  |
Trading partners | Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade | | 0.43326938 | 0.49648068 | 0.50838129 | 0.52339826 | 0.53234821 | .. | /  |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports | | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.52679307 | .. | /  |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports | | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.538447 | .. | /  |
Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | -0.14340773 | -3.24209929 | -4.00463509 | -6.3972474 | -7.27107483 | .. | /  |
| Foreign direct investment (FDI) | FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 32 325 | 39 083 | 37 706 | 50 826 | .. | .. | /  |
Inward FDI stocks | | 43 451 | 64 451 | 78 986 | 87 765 | .. | .. | /  |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 969 | 701 | 6 522 | -184 | 5 746 | .. | /  |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | 277 | 1 305 | 909 | 6 536 | 3 757 | .. | /  |
| Prices | Prices and interest rates | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 100 | 123.84128043 | 128.05101701 | 133.99466489 | 143.50616872 | .. | /  |
CPI: food | | 100 | 134.90581764 | 137.897983 | 147.85797633 | 163.11051842 | .. | /  |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 100 | 129.53484495 | 134.29476492 | 142.8642881 | 156.81893965 | .. | /  |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 13.78667 | 9.526667 | 8.066667 | 7.9375 | 7.985 | .. | /  |
| Purchasing power and exchange rates | Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | .. | .. | 3.87197943 | .. | 4.22065035 | .. | /  |
Exchange rates | | 6.93982833 | 6.4596925 | 6.35932833 | 6.77154917 | 7.045365 | .. | /  |
Indices of price levels | | .. | .. | 59 | .. | 57.08388868 | .. | /  |
| Energy | Energy supply | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 111.3 | 129.3 | 127.6 | 129.8 | .. | .. | /  |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.26 | .. | .. | /  |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 2.53 | 2.79 | 2.72 | 2.74 | .. | .. | /  |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 207.8 | 242.5 | 242.9 | 251.9 | .. | .. | /  |
Nuclear energy | Nuclear electricity generation, terawatts | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12.6 | .. | /  |
Nuclear electricity generation, percentage of total production | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5.5 | .. | /  |
Nuclear power plants connected to the grid | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | /  |
Nuclear power plants under construction | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | /  |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 11.4 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.8 | .. | .. | /  |
| Energy production and prices | Energy production | Total production of energy | | 145.6 | 157.5 | 158.8 | 158.7 | .. | .. | /  |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 8.8 | .. | /  |
| Labour | Labour compensation and hours worked | Labour compensation | Unit labour costs, business sector | | 4.195946 | 3.43667 | 4.413543 | 5.215207 | 5.308208 | .. | /  |
| Science and technology | Research and Development (R&D) | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | .. | 0.86 | 0.92 | 0.95 | .. | .. | /  |
Researchers | Researchers | | .. | 1.54 | 1.41 | 1.5 | .. | .. | /  |
Patents | Triadic patent families | | 34.61391352 | 32.50420427 | 30.96193796 | 30.33799572 | .. | .. | /  |
| Communications | Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 520.816964 | 761.354181 | 798.122982 | 955.147322 | 1 142.409675 | .. | /  |
Telephone access | Telephone access | | 29.6 | 54.9 | 82.2 | .. | .. | .. | /  |
| Environment | Air and land | Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from fuel combustion | | 299 | 338 | 330 | 342 | .. | .. | /  |
Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | .. | 20 000 | .. | .. | /  |
Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | .. | 420 | .. | .. | /  |
| Public finance | Support and aid | Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 5.22829 | 7.748 | 6.48413 | 7.46275 | 3.2558 | .. | /  |