The Republic of South Africa
The Republic of South Africa general condition
■Population (2006)
47,400,000 increase rate 1.2%
A race ratio
Black (79%), white man (9.6%), colored races (mixed blood) (8.9%),
Asian (2.5%)There are overwhelmingly many blacks. /p which holds about 80%
■Main industry （Mining industry 30% equal to or less than agriculture 5%）
（Agriculture）corn, citrus fruits, other fruit, wheat, sugar, wool, hides
（The mining industry）gold、a diamond, platinum, uranium, iron ore, coal, copper, chrome, manganese
（Industry）Food, iron manufacture, chemistry, fiber, a car
■GNI（Nation gross income） 255,300,000,000 dollars（2006）
■A one hitGNI（Nation gross income） 5,390 dollars I am exhausted smoothly every year
（Reference value2006 Japan 27,000ドル、U.S.A.35,000ドル）
■The economic growth rate 5.0％（2006）
4.8％（2004）、5.1％（2005）、I am stable and understand that around 5.0% grow up
■Inflation（Inflation rate） 4.6％（2006）
■The unemployment rate 25.5％（2006）
There was the worst period more than 30% at one time, too, but shows a slight decrease recently
■The amount of total trade
Export 58,700,000,000 dollars（2006）
Import 68,600,000,000 dollars（2006）
■A main trade item
Export Mineral resources (gold, a diamond) rare metal, a mineral product, a chemical, textiles
Import A machine, cars, a chemical, scientific machinery, textiles, plastic, rubber
■A main trade partner
Export Japan, British and is rice, Germany（2006）
Import Germany, inside, rice, Japan（2006）
■The economic general condition
As for South Africa economy, the money of mineral resources, a diamond are discovered in the latter half
in the 19th century, and 以降 developed, but the ratios of the main mining industry decrease recently, too
I do it, but uranium called a rare metal (your heavy mineral), the production degree of the chrome are high.
However, in late years manufacturing industry and the finance business develop,
A ratio of the tertiary industry rises. Though this may suggest joining it to the developed nation. About the trade dependence degree to the mineral resources export It is high. In addition, there will be much one knowing that the production ratios in South Africa of Mercedes-Benz of a famous German car increases
■Wonderful V character recovery
The South Africa economy is delayed from world economy stagnation and domestic demand reduction equally in 1998, too.
I thought whether 1999 begins, and the economy has begun to recover, but the South Africa economy pants to
the high interest rate and amount of land in 2002 or more and stalls again.
The South Africa central bank carries out three times in total, a reduction in
interest rates (2003) of 5.5%. However, higher rand continues,
The business results of the export industry turn worse. The economic growth rate of 2003 dropped to 1.9% what, but I hit the bottom with 2003, and there is the relaxation of large financial policy, and domestic demand recovers wonderfully, and the economic growth rate in 2006 recovers to 5.0% level, and the economy slump shows the growth that is favorable in 2007.
■The problem that South Africa has
The high unemployment rate changes at a high standard to still surpass 20% in a big social problem,
and there are many people who are finding employment difficulty from the lowness of the literacy rate.
Apartheid (apartheid) was abolished legitimately in 1994, but a difference between races is still big.
With black poverty by the trace of the apartheid times,
By the inflows of a cheap weapon, the world worst level is dangerous; social.
For example, the incidence of the murder is a Japanese high rate of about 110 times. I am fierce