OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2020

Abstract

This Survey is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD.

The economic situation and policies of South Africa were reviewed by the Economic and Development Committee on 9 September 2019 with the participation of representatives of the South African government and representatives of Italy and Turkey as lead speakers.

The Secretariat’s draft report was prepared in the Economics Department by Falilou Fall and Daniela Glocker. Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter drafted the climate change section. It has benefited from valuable background research by Andre Steenkamp, seconded from the South African National Treasury. Statistical research assistance was provided by Corinne Chanteloup and administrative assistance was provided by Poeli Bojorquez, Alexandra Guerrero, Robin Houng Lee, Elisabetta Pilati, Sylvie Ricordeau and Heloise Wickramanayake

The previous Survey of South Africa was issued in July 2017.

Information about the latest as well as previous Surveys and more information about how Surveys are prepared is available at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys.

Basic statistics of South Africa, 2019

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)*

* Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 29 member countries.

Source: Calculations based on data extracted from the databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank.