Country comparison South Africa vs Republic of Macedonia 2017

South Africa			Republic of Macedonia
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	266,436M.€	9,862M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	294,132M.$	10,912M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	4,766€	4,756€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	5,261$	5,263$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	1,408€
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	78,735M.€
Debt [+]	2016	134,138 M.€	3,458 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	148,477 M.$	3,836 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	50.47%	38.16%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	2,399 €	1,669 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	2,655$	1,852$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-9,384 M.€	-315 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-10,387 M.$	-350 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-3.53%	-3.48%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	87,611.6	2,923.3	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	96,977.3	3,243.4	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	15,919.7	139.7	2002	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	21,198.1	131.5	2002	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	19.13%	8.64%	2002	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2014	11,184.2
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	1998	4,938.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	14.23%	12.89%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	2,858.0	95.9	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	3,155.1	106.1	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	3.07%	4.17%	2012	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	32.96%	32.26%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,567€	1,411€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,735$	1,566$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	294€	69€	2002	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2014	391$	65$	2002	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	207€	168€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	1998	113$	226$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	51€	46€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	56$	51$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	06/09/2017	Baa3
S&P Rating [+]	04/03/2017	BB+	BB-	05/24/2013	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	06/01/2017	BB+	BB	08/04/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	45	37	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	49º	60º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	67.0	64.5	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	10/01/2016	20º	15º	10/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	54º	58º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	March 2016	26.7%
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	27.6%	23.0%	2017Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	6,201 m.	219 m.	2017Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	291.6 $
NMW [+]	2013	221.4 €	239.7 €	2017	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	92º	55º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / South African rands [+]	09/18/2017	15.7893
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/18/2017	13.29%	24.99%	09/18/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	July 2017	-16.5%
			0.4%	July 2017	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	03/18/2016	7.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	74º	10º	2017	Doing Business [+]
			-2.2%	July 2017	IPI Year on Year [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2016	599,004
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	174.51	205.56	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	14.00%	18.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	41.0%	10.0%	2015	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	67,839.0 M.€	4,329.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	75,091.0 M.$	4,787.2 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	25.46%	43.90%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	82,735.7 M.€	6,107.0 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	91,580.2 M.$	6,757.5 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	31.05%	61.92%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-14,896.7 M.€	-1,777.0 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-16,489.2 M.$	-1,970.3 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-5.59%	-18.02%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			-3.0%	July 2017	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	46	81	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	55,909,000	2,073,702	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	3,142,511	130,730	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	825.3	307.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	5.71%	6.31%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	2,453.1	122.0	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	841,120	516,024	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	1.53%	24.91%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.666	0.748	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	123º	102º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	15º	73º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	78º
Birth Rate [+]	2015	20.42‰	11.10‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	2.34	1.50	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	12.41‰	9.90‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	57.44	75.50	2015	Life expectancy [+]
			6.80‰	2015	Crude marriage rate [+]
			1.00‰	2015	Crude divorce rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	18,673	33	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	34.3	1.6	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
			21.5%	2015	% risk of poverty [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	7.66	4.71	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria
Population: 55,909,000
Surface Area: 1,219,090 km2
Currency: South African rands (1 EUR=15.7893 ZAR)
Belongs to: ACP, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SADC, AU

Republic of Macedonia

Capital: Skopje
Population: 2,073,702
Surface Area: 25,710 km2
Currency: Macedonian denars
Belongs to: CoE, IMF, UN, OSCE