Country comparison Republic of the Congo vs South Africa 2017

Republic of the Congo			South Africa
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	7,077M.€	266,436M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	7,834M.$	294,132M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	1,381€	4,766€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	1,528$	5,261$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			1,408€	2017Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
			78,735M.€	2017Q2	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2014	4,801 M.€	134,138 M.€	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2014	6,378 M.$	148,477 M.$	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2014	45.25%	50.47%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2014	986 €	2,399 €	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2014	1,310$	2,655$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2014	-820 M.€	-9,384 M.€	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2014	-1,090 M.$	-10,387 M.$	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2014	-7.73%	-3.53%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2014	5,138.1	87,611.6	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	6,825.9	96,977.3	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2010	577.1	15,919.7	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2010	765.0	21,198.1	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2010	29.02%	19.13%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			11,184.2	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			4,938.4	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	8.71%	14.23%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	507.4	2,858.0	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	561.7	3,155.1	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2010	13.59%	3.07%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2014	48.43%	32.96%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2014	1,055€	1,567€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2014	1,401$	1,735$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2010	132€	294€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2010	174$	391$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	92€	207€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	122$	113$	1998	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	99€	51€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	110$	56$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
			Baa3	06/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/05/2017	CCC+	BB+	04/03/2017	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	09/06/2017	CC	BB+	06/01/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	20	45	2016	Corruption Index [+]
			49º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	90.8	67.0	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
			20º	10/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
			54º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			26.7%	March 2016	Unemployment Rate [+]
			27.6%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			6,201 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
			291.6 $	2013	NMW [+]
			221.4 €	2013	NMW [+]
			92º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			15.8359	09/22/2017	Euro / South African rands [+]
			12.90%	09/22/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			-16.3%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			7.00%	03/18/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	177º	74º	2017	Doing Business [+]
			599,004	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
			174.51	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
			14.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	30.0%	41.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	3,228.3 M.€	67,839.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	3,573.4 M.$	75,091.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	45.62%	25.53%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,473.2 M.€	82,735.7 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	4,951.4 M.$	91,580.2 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	63.21%	31.14%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-1,244.9 M.€	-14,896.7 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-1,378.0 M.$	-16,489.2 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-17.59%	-5.61%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	15	46	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	5,125,821	55,909,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	392,996	3,142,511	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
			825.3	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	7.87%	5.71%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	173.8	2,453.1	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	220,501	841,120	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	4.41%	1.53%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.592	0.666	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	124º	123º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
			15º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			78º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	36.03‰	20.42‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	4.81	2.34	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	8.31‰	12.41‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	62.87	57.44	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	466	18,673	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	10.1	34.3	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	1.02	7.66	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Republic of the Congo

Capital: Brazzaville
Population: 5,125,821
Surface Area: 342,000 km2
Currency: Franco Central African CFA franc
Belongs to: ACP, ECCAS, IMF, UN, AU

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria
Population: 55,909,000
Surface Area: 1,219,090 km2
Currency: South African rands (1 EUR=15.8889 ZAR)
Belongs to: ACP, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SADC, AU