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dollar exchange rate (end of period)
10.52
7.56
6.45
6.36
6.77
7.05
8.25
Real effective exchange ratec
82.55
103.23
110.13
112.50
108.87
105.05
94.07
Change in real effective rated
-9.67
25.05
6.68
2.15
-3.23
-3.51
-10.45
Nominal effective exchange ratec
66.54
83.23
90.84
91.03
85.68
77.44
64.17
Change in nominal effective rated
-21.70
25.08
9.14
0.21
-5.88
-9.62
-17.14
Memorandum
Current account balance (percentage of GDP)
0.8
-1.1
-3.2
-4
-6.3
-7.3
-7.4
Total external debt/XGS (%)
83.0
71.5
64.6
61.8
66.9
70.6
61.7
Gross official reserves (US$ billion)
6.3
7.0
12.8
20.5
26.4
31.8
38.4
Gross official reserves (months of imports)
2.6
2.0
2.2
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.7
Trade in goods and services (percentage of GDP)
62.1
53.8
53.8
55.6
62.5
66.0
73.8
Terms of trade (percentage change)
Including gold
2.1
3.7
1.1
0.4
4.4
3.2
1.5
Excluding gold
0.1
4.8
1.8
0.2
2.9
3
0.9
a Public deficit (-) or surplus (+).
b A change in the underlying methodology caused an upward bias to the inflation rate in 2008.
c Exchange rate Index 2000 = 100.
d Depreciation (-) and appreciation (+).
Source: World Trade Organization trade policy review, 2008, annex 4: South Africa, pp. 3-4
Table 3
Most recent financial data for South Africa from the World Bank: 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012
2003
2004
2011
2012
South Africa
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
8,090.0
8,650.0
11,640.0
11,970.0
South Africa
Population, total (in millions)
46.4
47.0
51.6
52.3
South Africa
GDP (current US$) (in millions)
168,219.3
219,092.9
403,894.3
382,337.6
South Africa
GDP growth (annual %)
2.9
4.6
3.6
2.5
South Africa
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
52.5
51.9
55.3
56.1
Source: World Bank, South Africa (2014)
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