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Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

For each country in problems 11-16, find the following. Data from Commodity.com (Commodity.com, 2020).

  1. The debt to GDP ratio as a percentage.

  2. The amount of debt per person.

  3. The amount of interest paid per year per person.

In South Africa, the unit of currency is the South African rand or R.

  • Population: 54.5 million people

  • National Debt: R. 3.736 trillion

  • Gross Domestic Product: R. 6.186 trillion

  • Interest Payments per year: R. 196.843 billion

Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.5 Federal Budget, Deficit and National Debt, Exercise 15

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