TASK+3+-+ECONOMIC+PRODUCTION

TASK 3 - ECONOMIC PRODUCTION
1. Create a new heading on your Country wiki. Call it TASK 3 - ECONOMIC PRODUCTION.

2. Use the CIA World Factbook [] to answer the following questions:


 * What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?
 * How does this compare with the rest of the world?


 * What is the GDP per capita?
 * How does this compare with the rest of the world?


 * What is the unemployment rate?
 * What is the percentage of People below the poverty line?


 * What are this country's main agricultural products?
 * What are this country's main industries?


 * Export partners?
 * Imports partners?

SOUTH AFRICA EXAMPLE
What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)? How does this compare with the rest of the world?
 * $524 billion (2010 est.)
 * South Africa has the 26th largest economy based on GDP.

What is the GDP per capita? How does this compare with the rest of the world?
 * $10,700 (2010 est.)
 * South Africa ranks 103rd.

What is the unemployment rate? What is the percentage of the Population below the poverty line?
 * 24.9% (2010 est.)
 * 50% (2000 est.)

What are this country's main agricultural products?
 * corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products

What are this country's main industries?
 * mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair

Export partners?
 * China 13.7%, US 10.1%, Japan 8.7%, Germany 7.3%, UK 7.1%, India 4.3% (2010)

Imports partners?
 * China 13.4%, Germany 11.2%, US 7%, Saudi Arabia 5.3%, Japan 4.7%, Iran 4.3%, UK 4.3% (2010)