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Lifestyle > Food and drink Stats: compare key data on South Africa & United States

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  • Beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing: Value added in manufacturing is the sum of gross output less the value of intermediate inputs used in production for industries classified in ISIC major division 3. Food, beverages, and tobacco comprise ISIC division 31.
  • Big Mac nutritional values > Carbohydrates: Grams of carbohydrates in a McDonald's Big Mac in each country. Results are from the McDonald's website in each country.
  • Big Mac nutritional values > Dietary fiber: Grams of dietary fiber in a McDonald' Big Mac in each country. Results are from the McDonald's website for each country.
  • Big Mac nutritional values > Energy: Amount of kilocalories in a McDonald's Big Mac in each county. Results are from the McDonald's website for each county.
  • Big Mac nutritional values > Fat:

    Grams of fat in a McDonald's Big Mac in each country. Results are from the McDonald's website for each country.

  • Big Mac nutritional values > Protein: Grams of protein in a McDonald's Big Mac in each country. Results are from the McDonald's website for each country.
  • Big Mac nutritional values > Salt equivalent:

    Milligrams of salt in a McDonald's Big Mac in each county.  Results are from the McDonald's website for each country.   

  • Exports: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels)."
  • Exports > % of merchandise > Exports: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).
  • Imports > % of merchandise imports: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels)."
  • Subway resturants: Number of Subway resturants by country
  • Subway resturants per million: Number of Subway resturants by country. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT South Africa United States HISTORY
Beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing 15.56%
Ranked 48th. 29% more than United States
12.09%
Ranked 61st.

Big Mac nutritional values > Carbohydrates 39 g
Ranked 35th.
46 g
Ranked 1st. 18% more than South Africa
Big Mac nutritional values > Dietary fiber 3.2 g
Ranked 6th. 7% more than United States
3 g
Ranked 26th.
Big Mac nutritional values > Energy 496 kcal
Ranked 24th.
550 kcal
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than South Africa
Big Mac nutritional values > Fat 26.4 g
Ranked 5th.
29 g
Ranked 3rd. 10% more than South Africa
Big Mac nutritional values > Protein 24.3
Ranked 36th.
25
Ranked 35th. 3% more than South Africa
Big Mac nutritional values > Salt equivalent 2,433 mg
Ranked 4th. About the same as United States
2,426 mg
Ranked 5th.
Exports 10.16
Ranked 74th.
10.24
Ranked 72nd. 1% more than South Africa

Exports > % of merchandise > Exports 8.54%
Ranked 64th. 25% more than United States
6.85%
Ranked 72nd.

Imports > % of merchandise imports 6.52%
Ranked 104th. 20% more than United States
5.45%
Ranked 110th.

Subway resturants 6
Ranked 51st.
19,467
Ranked 1st. 3245 times more than South Africa
Subway resturants per million 0.126
Ranked 66th.
65.24
Ranked 4th. 519 times more than South Africa

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia>Big Mac; Wikipedia> Big Mac; Wikipedia>Big Mac ; World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Subway, 2006.; Subway, 2006. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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