Imports from America in South Africa decreased to 9509.76 ZAR Million in March from 9902.81 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports from America in South Africa averaged 10051.63 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12661.91 ZAR Million in August of 2019 and a record low of 7692 ZAR Million in February of 2018. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports from America.

Imports from Africa in South Africa decreased to 8329.19 ZAR Million in March from 9163.08 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports from Africa in South Africa averaged 8119.24 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 15814.02 ZAR Million in October of 2014 and a record low of 4202.29 ZAR Million in September of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports from Africa.

Unemployment Rate in South Africa remained unchanged at 29.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 29.10 percent in the third quarter of 2019. Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 25.79 percent from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 30.40 percent in the third quarter of 2002 and a record low of 21.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. In South Africa, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - South Africa Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Gold Production in South Africa decreased to 4.90 percent in January from 24.10 percent in December of 2019. Gold Production in South Africa averaged -4.31 percent from 1981 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 75.70 percent in October of 2013 and a record low of -47.10 percent in October of 2012. In South Africa, gold production accounts for 16 percent of total mining production. This page provides - South Africa Gold Production YoY- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for South Africa stands at BB- with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for South Africa was last set at Ba1 with negative outlook. Fitch's credit rating for South Africa was last reported at BB with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of South Africa thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for South Africa as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Imports of Iron & Steel in South Africa increased to 1137996.68 ZAR THO in March from 1070996.61 ZAR THO in February of 2020. Imports of Iron & Steel in South Africa averaged 1280978.72 ZAR THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2232901.85 ZAR THO in March of 2017 and a record low of 710741.22 ZAR THO in December of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Iron & Steel.

Exports of Iron & Steel in South Africa increased to 6300161.13 ZAR THO in March from 5481032.26 ZAR THO in February of 2020. Exports of Iron & Steel in South Africa averaged 3508748.77 ZAR THO from 1992 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 13244339.89 ZAR THO in March of 2017 and a record low of 285728 ZAR THO in January of 1992. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Exports of Iron & Steel.

South Africa recorded 8895 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, South Africa reported 178 Coronavirus Deaths. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Coronavirus Cases.

South Africa recorded 178 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, South Africa reported 8895 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Coronavirus Deaths.

South Africa recorded 3153 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, South Africa reported 178 Coronavirus Deaths. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Coronavirus Recovered.

The number of employed persons in Mexico increased to 55683450 in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 55201939 in the third quarter of 2019. Employed Persons in Mexico averaged 46203437.18 from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 55683450 in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a record low of 37970852 in the third quarter of 2000. In Mexico, employed persons are individuals with a minimum required age who work during a certain time for a business. This page provides - Mexico Employed Persons - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The number of employed persons in South Africa increased to 10213000 in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 10142000 in the third quarter of 2019. Employed Persons in South Africa averaged 6228623.13 from 1973 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 10213000 in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a record low of 3694977 in the first quarter of 1973. In South Africa, employed persons refer to the number of people employed by the business, who received payment (in salaries; wages; commission, in addition to a retainer, salary or wage; piece rates; or payments in kind) for any part of the reference period. This excludes independent contractors and consultants; working proprietors; sole and joint owners; and employees paid on a commission basis where a retainer, salary or wage was not paid. Number of employees refers to the number of people employed at the end of the reference period. This page provides the latest reported value for - South Africa Employed Persons - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The MNI China business sentiment index increased to 55.9 in December of 2016 from 53.1 in November. The reading pointed to the highest figure since August 2014, as output rose the most since September 2015 while Future Expectations Indicator went up to the highest in three months. "This is a positive end to a choppy year for the Chinese business environment," said Andy Wu, Senior Economist of MNI Indicators. Mni Business Sentiment in China averaged 57.59 from 2007 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 77.20 in May of 2010 and a record low of 38.70 in December of 2008. The MNI China Business Sentiment survey is a monthly poll of Chinese business executives at a mix of manufacturing and service sector companies listed on both the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. The survey provides the first monthly snapshot of economic and business conditions, ahead of official data and other business confidence data in China. Respondents are asked their opinion on whether a particular business activity has increased, decreased remained the same compared with the previous month as well as their expectations for three months ahead. E.g. Is Production Higher/Same/Lower compared with a month ago? A diffusion indicator is then calculated by adding the percentage share of positive responses to half the percentage of those respondents reporting no change. An indicator reading above 50 shows expansion, below 50 indicates contraction and a result of 50 means no change. Series which show a seasonal pattern are seasonally adjusted. This page provides - China Mni Business Sentiment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

ICU Beds in Andorra averaged 228.16 per 100K people from 1996 until 2009, reaching an all time high of 283.17 per 100K people in December of 2002 and a record low of 189.84 per 100K people in December of 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for Andorra ICU Beds.

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011.

This one-pager note presents key findings for Austria from Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social indicators. This 2011 publication also provides a special chapter on unpaid work across the OECD.

Austria should eliminate subsidies which encourage early retirement and target social transfers more effectively, according to the OECD’s latest economic survey.

Furthering efforts to fight against international tax evasion and bank secrecy, members of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes have issued 12 new peer review reports.

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery regrets that Austria has not had a conviction of bribing foreign public officials despite a number of allegations, 13 years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. However, enforcement appears to be picking up, with one case being tried, two more cases soon to be tried, and four ongoing investigations.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has released peer review reports assessing the tax systems of 13 jurisdictions for information exchange.

Two rounds of the Survey of Adult Skills are under way: Round 1 (2008-13) with 24 participating countries, whose results were released in October 2013, and Round 2 (2012-16) with 9 participating countries, whose results will be released in 2016. A third round is scheduled to begin in May 2014.

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in Austria in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).

Specific country notes have been prepared using data from the database OECD Health Statistics 2015, July 2015 version. The notes are available in PDF format.

Austria’s transition to a digital economy and society is progressing but is slower than in the most advanced economies. A whole-of-government approach should help embrace change and facilitate the flourishing of innovative businesses, work practices and lifestyles throughout Austria.

The tax-to-GDP ratio in Austria increased by 0.4 percentage points from 41.8% in 2017 to 42.2% in 2018. The corresponding figure for the OECD average was a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point from 34.2% to 34.3% over the same period.

Österreich - Ländergesundheitsprofile 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons.

Government Debt in Germany decreased to 1899167.55 EUR Million in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 1930352.07 EUR Million in the third quarter of 2019. Government Debt in Germany averaged 1568450.35 EUR Million from 1995 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2082420.07 EUR Million in the second quarter of 2012 and a record low of 968305.53 EUR Million in the third quarter of 1995. This page provides - Germany Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Government Debt in South Africa increased to 77987 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 70836 USD Million in the third quarter of 2019. Government Debt in South Africa averaged 37410.59 USD Million from 2002 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 81061 USD Million in the first quarter of 2018 and a record low of 11594 USD Million in the first quarter of 2003. This page provides - South Africa Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Government Debt in the United Kingdom decreased to -2325 GBP Million in March from -65 GBP Million in February of 2020. Government Debt in the United Kingdom averaged -4293.61 GBP Million from 1993 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12509 GBP Million in January of 2019 and a record low of -21052 GBP Million in April of 2012. In the United Kingdom, net borrowing or net lending is the difference between the net acquisition of financial assets and the net incurrence of liabilities. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Public Sector Net Borrowing - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2013: SME Policies for Productive Development will be launched at the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz, Spain, on Friday 16 November. This long-standing flagship of the OECD Development Centre is co-published with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

This report advances a “green investment policy framework” taking infrastructure investment as a starting point and looking only at climate change mitigation and adaptation. It highlights the significant opportunities and many challenges that exist today in both developed and developing countries to transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient (LCR) development through investment in both renovated and in new infrastructure.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría opens the Global Forum on Better Governance for Inclusive Growth held in Paris. The Forum will focus on public sector reforms worldwide and identify lessons learned, good practices and innovative solutions for advancing the governance reforms necessary to foster inclusive growth.

OECD countries are intensifying their fiscal consolidation efforts, introducing additional measures and extending the time horizon to implement them. Most have announced fiscal consolidation of more than 3% of GDP over the period 2009-15, according to the OECD’s Restoring Public Finances 2012.

This report concludes that actual application of bail-ins, involving bondholders in loss sharing, could effectively reign in perceptions of implicit guarantees for bank debt. However, bail-ins are rare owing to concerns about contagion risks and depositor and investor protection, so implicit guarantees persist.

This conference in Nairobi, Kenya, addressed specific issues relating to financial literacy in Africa and the MENA region. It presented the output of the Russia/OECD/World Bank Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education.

This article by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Rintaro Tamaki focuses on three issues that will be important in shaping the future of the Asian economic and financial community: trade, funding long-term investment and strengthened regional financial co-operation.

This article summarises discussions from a financial roundtable addressing concerns about structural flaws in the way banks operate and are being regulated and supervised in the wake of on-going banking sector problems involving financial fraud and banking scandals.

The management of operational risk is at the heart of efficient government, but countries often fail to apply good or even routine operational risk management practices and have difficulty in understanding how to put the processes in place. This paper sets out a widely-applicable and relevant policy approach and management framework and illustrates its practical application in Turkey.

Governments are major issuers of debt instruments in the global financial market. This volume provides quantitative information on central government debt instruments for the 34 OECD countries.

This conference in Moscow explored strategies for developing financial literacy and capability and building effective consumer protection systems.

Whether you blame poor regulation, sloppy governance, greed or bad luck, banks were frontline culprits in causing the crisis. Governments have been working on reforms to fix the financial sector and improve governance, but a lot more work remains to be done. Some OECD principles can help.

This database and book provide major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries including data on premiums collected, claims, commissions by type of insurance, investments by type of investment, and numbers of companies and employees.

This report provides an overview of the status of financial education programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses their rationale, and offers initial guidance for policy makers.

At their meetings on 19-20 September 2013, APEC Finance Ministers welcomed a survey report prepared by the OECD on disaster risk financing practices in the Asia Pacific region.

This regional seminar in Montevideo, Uruguay, focused on the monitoring and transparency of insurance markets in Latin America through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators, regionally and globally.

Jointly developed by the IMF, World Bank, EBRD, and the OECD, this report analyses the main elements necessary to deepen domestic bond markets in emerging and developing economies.

This book addresses gender differences in financial literacy and reviews policy responses and initiatives across the world to tackle women’s and girls’ needs, drawing lessons from existing experiences.

This statistical yearbook provides quantitative information on African central government debt instruments. It includes individual country data but also comparative statistics to facilitate pan-African (cross-country) analysis.