| South Africa | Bulgaria | |
| GDP per capita | $10,600 | $12,372 |
| Inflation Rate | 5% (2006) | 12.5% (2007) |
| Country Risk Ratings | A3 | A4 |
| Ease of Doing Business | 35/178 | 46/178 |
| Ease of Doing Business | 44/131 | 79/137 |
| Budget surplus | 0.3% | 6% |
| Fiscal year | 1 April to 31 March |
1 January to 31 December |
| External debt | $25.9 billion | $12.05 billion |
| Industrial production growth rate | 5.5% (2004) | 6.3% (2004) |
| Population | 47.4 million | 7.64 million |
| Ranked in terms of GDP | 25th | 70th |
| Population under poverty line | 50% (2000) |
13% (2007) |
| Unemployment rate | 26.2% (2004) | 6.51% (2008) |
| Labour force by sector |
agriculture – 30%, industry – 25%, services – 45% |
agriculture – 7%, industry – 36.3%, services – 56.6% (2008) |
| Labour force | 16.63 million | 3.465 million |
| Electricity production | 202.6 billion kWh (2002) |
41.38 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity consumption | 189.4 billion kWh (2002) |
32.52 billion kWh (2002) |
| Electricity export | 189.4 billion kWh (2002) | 6.79 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity import | 189.4 billion kWh (2002) | 830 million kWh (2001) |
| GDP - per capita, purchasing power parity | $11.100 (2004) |
$11,302 (2007) |
| Oil - production | 196 200 bbl/day (2001) | 603 bbl/day (2001) |
| Oil - consumption | 460000 bbl/day (2001) |
94 000 bbl/day (2001) |
| Oil – reserve |
7.84 million bbl (2002) |
8.1 million bbl (2001) |
| Natural gas - production | 1.8 billion m3 (2001) |
4 million m3 (2002) |
| Natural gas - consumption | 1.8 billion m3 (2001) | 5.804 billion m3 (2002) |
| Natural gas - consumption | 14.16 billion м3 (2002) | 3.724 billion м3 (2002) |
| Export | $41.97 billion (2004) |
$18.0 billion (2007) |
| Import | $39.42 billion (2004) |
Import: $29.1 billion (2007) |
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