Economy of Southern Africa

This book about the economy of Southern Africa from the 1970s to the 2010s. Source data from UN Data. Size. In the 2010s, the gross domestic product of Southern Africa was equal to $393.7 billion per year; the value of agriculture was $9.6 billion; the value of manufacturing was $47.1 billion. Productivity. In the 2010s, the GDP per capita was $6 298.2, the value of agriculture per capita was $153.9, the value of manufacturing per capita was $752.9. Since the productivity is between the average of below average and the average, the economy is classified as developing. Growth. In the 2010s, the growth of GDP was 1.9%; the growth of agriculture was 0.28%; the growth of manufacturing was 1.4%. Structure. In the 2010s, the economy of Southern Africa included: services (42.9%), industry (25.8%), trade (15.1%), transportation (9.5%), construction (4.1%), and agriculture (2.7%). Export and import. In the 2010s, the import was 3.6% higher than the export, the net import was equal to 1.1% of the GDP. Consumption and reproduction. The attitude of reproduction to the consumption is not better than the global average, so the share of GDP in the world will not increase.