Investment (gross fixed):
16.8% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $65.91 billion
expenditures: $70.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)
Public debt:
35.8% of GDP (2005 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, textiles, iron and
steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
3.6% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
215.9 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 93.5% hydro: 1.1% nuclear: 5.5% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
197.4 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - exports:
10.14 billion kWh (2003)