Conclusion

To sum up, we can state that China is much more powerful that the other BRICs countries, and that its wealth will even enlarge in the near future. On the other hand, South Africa plays a mere strategic role due to the fact that it is the only country that is located in the African continent, but its success isn't comparable at all with the other BRICs countries.

We also have to take under consideration that the BRICs success couldn't have been possible without the huge size of their territory and the large population that all of them have.

We forecast (as a lot of economists do) that in a few years China on its own will mean more than all the other BRICs when it comes to economic global importance.