Debt - external:
$71.81 billion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 43 $75.28 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$120 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 $110.4 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$63.57 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 $65.88 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Exchange rates:
rand (ZAR) per US dollar - 7.9576 (2008 est.), 7.05 (2007), 6.7649 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004)
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