(2003 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 31%
services: 65.2% (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):
16% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
50% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 45.9% (1994)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
59.3 (1993-94)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.9% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
16.35 million economically active (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
31% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $37.48 billion
expenditures: $41.46 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
billion (2003)

Public debt:
38.2% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton,
wool, dairy products

Industries:
mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium),
automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and
steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
195.6 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
181.2 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
6.91 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
6.2 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
196,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
460,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
7.84 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-1.234 billion (2003)

Exports:
$36.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and
equipment (1998 est.)

Exports - partners:
UK 12.6%, US 12.4%, Japan 9.2%, Germany 8.1%, China 4.7%, Italy
4.4% (2003)

Imports:
$33.89 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific
instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)

Imports - partners:
G