auto-update week 32

africa/sf.json

@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
       "text": "Orange (shared with Lesotho [s], and Namibia [m]) - 2,092 km; Limpoporivier (Limpopo) river source (shared with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km; Vaal [s] - 1,210 km<br><br><strong>note:</strong> [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth"
     },
     "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
-      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Orange (941,351 sq km)"
+      "Atlantic Ocean drainage": {
+        "text": "Orange (941,351 sq km)"
+      }
     },
     "Major aquifers": {
       "text": "Karoo Basin, Lower Kalahari-Stampriet Basin"
@@ -597,7 +599,7 @@
         "text": "5/29/2024"
       },
       "percentage of women in chamber": {
-        "text": "44.5%"
+        "text": "44.9%"
       },
       "expected date of next election": {
         "text": "May 2029"
@@ -728,43 +730,43 @@
       "text": "<p>upper-middle-income, largest southern African economy; Government of National Unity facing slow growth, fiscal gaps, and structural challenges; high income inequality, unemployment, and poverty; reforms to address electricity generation, transport, and logistics; leading producer and exporter of critical minerals</p>"
     },
     "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
+      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024": {
+        "text": "$870.42 billion (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
         "text": "$865.402 billion (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
         "text": "$859.399 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
-        "text": "$843.28 billion (2021 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
     },
     "Real GDP growth rate": {
+      "Real GDP growth rate 2024": {
+        "text": "0.6% (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
         "text": "0.7% (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP growth rate 2022": {
-        "text": "1.91% (2022 est.)"
-      },
-      "Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
-        "text": "4.7% (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "1.9% (2022 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency"
     },
     "Real GDP per capita": {
+      "Real GDP per capita 2024": {
+        "text": "$13,600 (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Real GDP per capita 2023": {
         "text": "$13,700 (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
         "text": "$13,800 (2022 est.)"
       },
-      "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
-        "text": "$13,700 (2021 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
     },
     "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
-      "text": "$380.699 billion (2023 est.)",
+      "text": "$400.261 billion (2024 est.)",
       "note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
     },
     "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
@@ -781,34 +783,34 @@
     },
     "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
       "agriculture": {
-        "text": "2.6% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "2.9% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "industry": {
-        "text": "24.6% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "24.4% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "services": {
-        "text": "62.6% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "62.7% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
     },
     "GDP - composition, by end use": {
       "household consumption": {
-        "text": "64.4% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "64.8% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "government consumption": {
-        "text": "19.3% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "19.2% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "investment in fixed capital": {
-        "text": "14.9% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "14.5% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "investment in inventories": {
-        "text": "0.6% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "-0.6% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "exports of goods and services": {
-        "text": "32.8% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "31.8% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "imports of goods and services": {
-        "text": "-32.4% (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "-29.9% (2024 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
     },
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@
       "text": "mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair"
     },
     "Industrial production growth rate": {
-      "text": "-0.4% (2023 est.)",
+      "text": "-0.4% (2024 est.)",
       "note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
     },
     "Labor force": {
@@ -851,16 +853,6 @@
       },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
     },
-    "Population below poverty line": {
-      "text": "55.5% (2014 est.)",
-      "note": "<b>note:</b> % of population with income below national poverty line"
-    },
-    "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
-      "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2014": {
-        "text": "63 (2014 est.)"
-      },
-      "note": "<b>note:</b> index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality"
-    },
     "Average household expenditures": {
       "on food": {
         "text": "16.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)"
@@ -869,24 +861,15 @@
         "text": "4.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)"
       }
     },
-    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
-      "lowest 10%": {
-        "text": "0.9% (2014 est.)"
-      },
-      "highest 10%": {
-        "text": "50.5% (2014 est.)"
-      },
-      "note": "<b>note:</b> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
-    },
     "Remittances": {
+      "Remittances 2024": {
+        "text": "0.2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Remittances 2023": {
-        "text": "0.21% of GDP (2023 est.)"
+        "text": "0.2% of GDP (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Remittances 2022": {
-        "text": "0.21% of GDP (2022 est.)"
-      },
-      "Remittances 2021": {
-        "text": "0.22% of GDP (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "0.2% of GDP (2022 est.)"
       },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities"
     },
@@ -910,27 +893,27 @@
       "note": "<b>note:</b> central government tax revenue as a % of GDP"
     },
     "Current account balance": {
+      "Current account balance 2024": {
+        "text": "-$2.384 billion (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Current account balance 2023": {
         "text": "-$6.143 billion (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Current account balance 2022": {
         "text": "-$1.878 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
-      "Current account balance 2021": {
-        "text": "$15.701 billion (2021 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
     },
     "Exports": {
+      "Exports 2024": {
+        "text": "$127.629 billion (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Exports 2023": {
         "text": "$124.671 billion (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Exports 2022": {
         "text": "$136.01 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
-      "Exports 2021": {
-        "text": "$131.09 billion (2021 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
     },
     "Exports - partners": {
@@ -942,15 +925,15 @@
       "note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
     },
     "Imports": {
+      "Imports 2024": {
+        "text": "$119.59 billion (2024 est.)"
+      },
       "Imports 2023": {
         "text": "$123.454 billion (2023 est.)"
       },
       "Imports 2022": {
         "text": "$127.669 billion (2022 est.)"
       },
-      "Imports 2021": {
-        "text": "$104.881 billion (2021 est.)"
-      },
       "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
     },
     "Imports - partners": {
@@ -963,7 +946,7 @@
     },
     "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
       "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024": {
-        "text": "$54.912 billion (2024 est.)"
+        "text": "$65.435 billion (2024 est.)"
       },
       "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
         "text": "$62.492 billion (2023 est.)"
@@ -1211,7 +1194,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services<br><br>Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (2025)"
+      "text": "South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services<br><br>Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (SAPS) (2025)"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2024": {
@@ -1244,7 +1227,7 @@
       "text": "approximately 1,100 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the SANDF’s primary responsibilities include territorial and maritime defense, supporting the Police Service, protecting key infrastructure, and participating in international peacekeeping missions; the SANDF historically has been one of Africa’s most capable militaries, but in recent years its operational readiness and modernization programs have been widely viewed as hampered by funding shortfalls<br><br>the SANDF participates regularly in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force; in 2021, it sent about 1,500 troops to Mozambique as part of a multinational SADC force to help combat an insurgency, and South African forces have been a key component of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; in recent years, the SANDF has been deployed internally to assist the Police Service with quelling unrest and assisting with border security<br><br>the SANDF was created in 1994 to replace the South African Defense Force (SADF); the SANDF was opened to all South Africans who met military requirements, while the SADF was a mostly white force (only whites were subject to conscription) with non-whites only allowed to join in a voluntary capacity; the SANDF also absorbed members of the guerrilla and militia forces of the various anti-apartheid opposition groups, including the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Inkatha Freedom Party, as well as the security forces of the formerly independent Bantustan homelands (2024)"
+      "text": "the South African National Defense Force's (SANDF) primary responsibilities include territorial and maritime defense, supporting the Police Service, protecting key infrastructure, responding to disasters, and participating in international peacekeeping missions; border security and maintaining a rapid reaction capability for regional security missions and disaster response are priorities; in recent years, it has been deployed internally to assist the Police with quelling unrest and assisting with border security; the SANDF also regularly participates in African and UN peacekeeping missions and is a member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force; in 2021, South AFrica sent about 1,500 SANDF troops to Mozambique as part of a multinational SADC force to help combat an insurgency<br><br>the SANDF was created in 1994 to replace the South African Defense Force (SADF); the SANDF was opened to all South Africans who met military requirements, while the SADF was a mostly white force (only whites were subject to conscription) with non-whites only allowed to join in a voluntary capacity; the SANDF also absorbed members of the various anti-apartheid opposition groups, including the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Inkatha Freedom Party, as well as the security forces of the formerly independent Bantustan homelands (2025)"
     }
   },
   "Space": {