Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
South Africa · % of GDP · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
82.76
2024-01-01
Change vs previous period
+4.22%
Lowest on record
32.40
Highest on record
82.76
Median
44.87
Standard deviation
16.05
Observations
21
Consecutive moves
3 up
Series
% of GDP · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
21 of 21 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-01 | 82.76 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 79.41 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 76.23 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 74.08 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 75.73 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 64.59 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 59.10 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 56.26 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 53.74 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 52.65 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 39.64 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 42.18 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 44.65 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 43.18 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 44.23 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 44.87 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 44.82 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 39.95 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 36.90 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 33.91 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1990-01-01 | 32.40 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13