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Economy of South Africa facts for kids

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The economy of South Africa is the second largest in Africa, after Nigeria.South Africa is an upper-middle-income economy.South Africa's Gross Domestic Product almost tripled to peak at $400 billion in 2011. a Gross Domestic Product is how much a place produces in an amount of time. South Africa has a Population of 58,775,022 (2019 est.). the currency of south Africa is in South African rand and the Main industries are mining (South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum).

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  • 2014 South Africa Products Export Treemap

    South Africa Export Treemap by Product (2014) from Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity

  • Farm in Mpumalanga

    Workers planting on a farm in the central area of Mpumalanga

  • SouthAfricaFieldwork21989

    Farm workers

  • Canal walk cpt

    Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town

  • Ponte City (3464450399)

    Johannesburg

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