Public debt:
45.9% of GDP (2004 est.)
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, commercial ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
5.5% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
202.6 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 93.5% hydro: 1.1% nuclear: 5.5% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
189.4 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
6.95 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
7.873 billion kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
196,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)