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Consumer Price Index / South Africa
Prices & Inflation

South Africa Consumer Price Index

Current and historical consumer price index data for South Africa, including latest value (203.4), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: index
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:33:19+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 1960– 2024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · consumer price index by country.

1960–2024
203.4 index
194.9 index
164.46 index
16 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
consumer price index rate reference line

Countries by consumer price index

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Turkey 1,323 high
Ethiopia 1,039 high
Ghana 749.34 high
Nigeria 699.39 high
Egypt 623.83 high
Ukraine 457.09 medium
Pakistan 386.8 medium
Kazakhstan 312.53 medium

Interpretation

short note

This price indicator helps assess inflation pressure, purchasing power and price-level changes.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Egypt 623.83
Morocco 129.6
Nigeria 699.39
United States 143.86
China 132.52

Related indicators

internal links
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Real Interest Rate FR.INR.RINR
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: FP.CPI.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:33:19+02:00

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Consumer Price Index: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Consumer Price Index for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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