<Table> Economy of South Africa <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Johannesburg, the economic capital of South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> South African rand (ZAR) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fiscal year </Th> <Td> 1 April--31 March (government); 1 March--28 / 29 February (corporate & private) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Trade organisations </Th> <Td> WTO, G - 20, SACU and others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Statistics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP </Th> <Td> <P> $280.37 billion (2017 est .) (nominal; List of countries by GDP (nominal)) </P> $758.12 billion (2017 est .) (PPP; List of countries by GDP (PPP)) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP rank </Th> <Td> 41st (nominal) / 31st (PPP) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP growth </Th> <Td> 1.3% (2015), 0.3% (2016e), 0.6% (2017f), 1.1% (2018f) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP by sector </Th> <Td> agriculture 2.8% industry 29.7% services 67.5% (2017 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Inflation (CPI) </Th> <Td> 5.4% (2017 est .) 6.3% (2016 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Population below poverty line </Th> <Td> <P> 26.2% (2011 est .) </P> 66.6% (2017 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gini coefficient </Th> <Td> 0.65 (2014, excluding taxes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Labour force </Th> <Td> 22.19 million (2017 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Labour force by occupation </Th> <Td> agriculture: 4.6% industry: 23.5% services: 71.9% (2014) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Unemployment </Th> <Td> 27.1% (Q3 2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Main industries </Th> <Td> mining (world's largest producer of platinum), gold, chromium, automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertiliser, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ease - of - doing - business rank </Th> <Td> 82nd (2018) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Exports </Th> <Td> $69.1 billion (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Export goods </Th> <Td> gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery, and equipment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Main export partners </Th> <Td> China 9.9% United States 7.9% Germany 7.6% Botswana 5.4% Namibia 5.1% (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Imports </Th> <Td> $73.7 billion (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Import goods </Th> <Td> machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Main import partners </Th> <Td> China 18.0% Germany 12.0% United States 6.8% India 4.2% Saudi Arabia 3.8% Japan 3.5% (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> FDI stock </Th> <Td> $73.6 billion (31 December 2011 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gross external debt </Th> <Td> $47.66 billion (31 December 2011 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Public finances </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public debt </Th> <Td> 50.1% of GDP (2017 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Revenues </Th> <Td> $95.27 billion (2012 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Expenses </Th> <Td> $116.5 billion (2012 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Economic aid </Th> <Td> ODA $19 billion, 0.2% of GDP (2004) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Credit rating </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Standard & Poor's: BBB+ (Domestic) BBB - (Foreign) BBB+ (T&C Assessment) Outlook: Stable </Li> <Li> Moody's: A3 Outlook: Stable </Li> <Li> Fitch: BB+ Outlook: Stable </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Foreign reserves </Th> <Td> $54.98 billion (31 December 2012 est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Johannesburg, the economic capital of South Africa </Td> </Tr>

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