Johannesburg is the largest single metropolitan contributor to the national economic product in South Africa. The national average growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) has been 1,8% over the last 10 years and Johannesburg has marginally outpaced that growth with an average 2% growth per annum over the last ten years. • The city's contribution to the national economy is almost 16% and to the economy of Gauteng, 40%. • Per capita gross geographic product (GGP) in Johannesburg is R31 000. This compares to World Bank-designated middle-income countries whose average GGP per capita is R33 000. • The city's GGP is R86 billion (1995 rands). • The average annual income per household is R31 048, which is on average 57% higher than that for South Africa as a whole, and 9% higher than the GGP per capita for Gauteng.
Johannesburg’s economy is made by four sectors, three of which are service sectors. The four key sectors of Johannesburg are:
• financial and business services • retail and wholesale trade • community and social services and • the manufacturing sector.
