Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.9% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
17 million economically active
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
37% (includes workers no longer looking for employment) (2001 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $22.6 billion
expenditures: $24.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
billion (FY 02/03)
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:
3% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
195.6 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 93.5% hydro: 1.1% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 5.5%
Electricity - consumption:
181.2 billion kWh (2001)