South Africa — macroeconomic indicators

Every macroeconomic series recorded for South Africa, at the frequency it was published.

On record

counts over the recorded series
Indicators
7
Observations
385
Most recent period
2026-01-01
Release frequencies
2
annual, quarterly
Longest series
66
GDP (current US$)
Shortest series
21
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Gaps in recent periods
0
periods with no published value
Sources
1
Frequency is the one the source publishes: annual series are not split into quarters and monthly series are not rolled up into years. Where a period has no published value, the cell stays empty and the sparkline breaks.

Indicators

7 indicators
IndicatorUnitFrequencyLatestPeriodReceived (UTC)ObservationsRecent shapeSource
GDP (current US$)current US$annual427,184,325,9972025-01-01Unavailable662010-01-01: 417,363,822,802 current US$ · 2025-01-01: 427,184,325,997 current US$World Bank Open Data
GDP per capita (current US$)current US$annual6,5982025-01-01Unavailable662010-01-01: 7,973 current US$ · 2025-01-01: 6,598 current US$World Bank Open Data
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)% of GDPannual82.762024-01-01Unavailable211995-01-01: 44.87 % of GDP · 2024-01-01: 82.76 % of GDPWorld Bank Open Data
Gross PSD, General Gov., All maturities, All instruments, Domestic creditors, Nominal Value, % of GDP% of GDPquarterly64.452026-01-01Unavailable652022-04-01: 53.41 % of GDP · 2026-01-01: 64.45 % of GDPWorld Bank Open Data
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)annual %annual3.212025-01-01Unavailable662010-01-01: 4.07 annual % · 2025-01-01: 3.21 annual %World Bank Open Data
Population, totalpersonsannual64,747,3192025-01-01Unavailable662010-01-01: 52,344,051 persons · 2025-01-01: 64,747,319 personsWorld Bank Open Data
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)% of total labor forceannual32.392025-01-01Unavailable352010-01-01: 24.68 % of total labor force · 2025-01-01: 32.39 % of total labor forceWorld Bank Open Data

Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-01-01