{"id":"GSX:AFR-001:A02","local_id":"A02","name":"Starting shares","statement":"In 2024 South Africa contained about 4.2 percent of Africa's population and produced roughly 13.8 percent of the continent's measured GDP in current US dollars.","value":"13.8","unit":"percent of African GDP in 2024","type":"model assumption","provenance":"Manuscript Part I","evidence_strength":"observed starting point cited by the manuscript","sensitivity":"low","alternatives":["A different base year"],"href":"https://greyscienx.com/research/african-convergence/south-africa-in-a-richer-africa/assumptions/A02"}