South Africa Labor Content of Exports Summary

2011 Data
           
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View for South Africa in 2011 the domestic labor value added or total wages supported by final output or exports when considering forward linkages* or backward linkages**, including wages directly paid to workers in the export sector as well as indirectly to workers providing inputs to the export sector, by skilled and unskilled workers, economy-wide and across 24 sectors.
* the sector's value added embedded as inputs in other sectors' exports
** the value added embedded in the sector's exports from all other sectors

Country
South Africa
Year
2011

Top 5 sector exporting labor value added - bwd linkage

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
Minerals nec6,481.491,203.465,278.03
Metals nec4,839.921,111.843,728.08
Machinery and Equipment nec3,312.87789.372,523.49
Ferrous Metals3,163.75708.652,455.11
Transport Equipment2,615.36576.922,038.44

Top 5 sectors supplying labor value added to exports - fwd linkage

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
Trade and Transport Services8,285.811,632.306,653.51
Other Private Services7,286.383,023.844,262.54
Minerals nec4,586.90655.933,930.97
Metals nec2,471.77425.152,046.62
Ferrous Metals1,902.26310.071,592.19

Top 5 labor value added share in gross exports (%)

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat66.4136.6829.74
Wearing Apparel47.119.7237.38
Metal Products44.509.2435.26
Wood Products44.137.9436.19
Construction42.879.3633.51

Direct and total labor value added of exports

yearDirect labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)Total labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)
20018,482.3616,228.80
20049,649.8520,952.94
200712,886.5026,621.13
201117,353.9434,794.91

Total labor value added in domestic output and exports

yearTotal labor value added (US$ Mil)Total labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)
200158,684.9116,228.80
200496,860.4220,952.94
2007126,248.4426,621.13
2011182,918.2034,794.91

Skilled and unskilled total labor value added of exports

yearTotal skilled labor value added (US$ Mil)Total unskilled labor value added (US$ Mil)
20013,623.1612,605.64
20045,110.2315,842.70
20076,508.7620,112.36
20118,196.0826,598.83

Direct and indirect labor value added of exports

SectorDescriptionDirect labor VA in exportIndirect Labor VA in Export
Minerals nec4,579.351,902.14
Metals nec2,461.002,378.92
Machinery and Equipment nec954.332,358.54
Ferrous Metals1,309.081,854.67
Transport Equipment792.181,823.18
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products774.361,642.00
Trade and Transport Services1,431.25667.78
Other Private Services1,516.00311.67
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries610.05842.11
Processed Foods296.70739.85
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat780.72130.19
Energy Extraction260.81566.36
Paper Products, Publishing359.99371.90
Metal Products323.13328.30
Beverages and Tobacco Products146.24428.64
Manufactures nec127.33433.75
Wood Products214.03184.35
Textiles87.82132.23
Mineral Products nec115.8494.18
Wearing Apparel69.85105.94
Electricity, Gas, Water84.3748.33
Leather Products44.5279.86
Construction14.9916.05

Skilled and unskilled total labor value added in exports

SectorDescriptionTotal VA skilledTotal VA Unskilled
Minerals nec1,203.465,278.03
Metals nec1,111.843,728.08
Machinery and Equipment nec789.372,523.49
Ferrous Metals708.652,455.11
Transport Equipment576.922,038.44
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products609.281,807.08
Trade and Transport Services515.141,583.89
Other Private Services694.781,132.89
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries232.301,219.86
Processed Foods234.38802.17
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat503.07407.85
Energy Extraction189.04638.13
Paper Products, Publishing163.20568.69
Metal Products135.25516.17
Beverages and Tobacco Products128.77446.11
Manufactures nec123.55437.54
Wood Products71.64326.73
Textiles48.55171.50
Mineral Products nec45.38164.63
Wearing Apparel36.28139.51
Electricity, Gas, Water41.9390.77
Leather Products26.5197.88
Construction6.7824.26

Total labor value added share of gross exports

SectorDescriptionTotal labor VA in export share
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat66.41
Wearing Apparel47.11
Metal Products44.50
Wood Products44.13
Construction42.87
Minerals nec42.50
Mineral Products nec42.02
Textiles41.69
Paper Products, Publishing41.46
Leather Products40.72
Trade and Transport Services40.55
Other Private Services39.74
Ferrous Metals38.21
Machinery and Equipment nec38.13
Processed Foods37.63
Beverages and Tobacco Products36.47
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products32.42
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries31.69
Manufactures nec31.47
Electricity, Gas, Water30.21
Transport Equipment29.33
Metals nec20.67
Energy Extraction12.85