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GDP per capita (PPP US$)

DefinitionGross Domestic Product (GDP) - the total output of goods and services for final use produced by an economy, by both residents and non-residents, regardless of the allocation to domestic and foreign claims. It does not include deductions for depreciation of physical capital or depletion and degradation of natural resources.

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) - A rate of exchange that accounts for price differences across countries allowing international comparisons of real output and incomes. At the PPP US$ rate, PPP US$1 has the same purchasing power in the domestic economy as $1 has in the United States.

ReferenceHuman Development Report 2001: Making new technologies work for human development. New York: United Nations Development Programme; 2001.
Ref. URLhttp://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/
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Indicator Type: -> Socio-Economic

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
GDP per capita (PPP US$) [Definition]
1996 2 8565 18511 8624 5632 0196 1056 5133 5099 381[1] 5 916
1996 rural---------[2] 2 314
1996 urban---------[3] 9 023
1999 ---------[4] 8 908
2000 ---------[5] 9 401
2002 ---------[6] 10 070
2003 ---------[7] 10 346
2004 ---------[8] 11 192
2005 ---------[9] 11 110
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. StatsSA HDI 2001: Human Development Index. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2001. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ Under Statistical Releases. Saved as human_dev_index.pdf
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    Table 1, 2
  2. StatsSA HDI 2001: Human Development Index. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2001. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ Under Statistical Releases. Saved as human_dev_index.pdf
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    Table 3
  3. StatsSA HDI 2001: Human Development Index. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2001. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ Under Statistical Releases. Saved as human_dev_index.pdf
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    Table 3
  4. Human Development Report 2001: Human Development Report 2001: Making new technologies work for human development. New York: United Nations Development Programme; 2001. http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/
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    1: Human Development Index pg 142
  5. Human Development Report 2002: Human Development Report 2002: Deepening democracy in a fragmented world. New York: United Nations Development Programme; 2002. http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2002/en/
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    Table 1: Human Development Index
  6. Human Development Report 2004: Human Development Report 2004: Cultural liberty in today's diverse world. New York: United Nations Development Programme; 2004. http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
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  7. Human Development Report 2005: Human Development Report 2005: International cooperation at a crossroads. New York: UNDP; 2005. http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/
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  8. Human Development Report 2006: Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. New York: UNDP; 2006. http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/GlobalReports/HDR_2006.pdf
    Estimates for several countries are based on regression rather than new data.
  9. Human Development Report 2007/08: Human Development Report 2007/2008: Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world. New York: UNDP; 2007. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/GlobalReports/HDR_20072008.pdf
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