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GDP Growth / South Africa
Growth & Output

South Africa GDP Growth

Current and historical gdp growth data for South Africa, including latest value (0.53), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: annual percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:34:11+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: 1961–2024 1961– 2024
1961 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · annual real gdp growth by country.

1961–2024
0.53 annual percent
0.81 annual percent
0.71 annual percent
64 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1961 1973 1985 1997 2009 2021 2024
gdp growth rate reference line

Countries by gdp growth

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ethiopia 7.61 high
Vietnam 7.09 high
India 6.49 high
Philippines 5.69 high
Ghana 5.59 high
Malaysia 5.11 medium
Indonesia 5.03 medium
Kazakhstan 5 medium

Interpretation

short note

This output indicator helps assess economic size, growth and structural development.

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 2.4
Morocco 3.79
Nigeria 4.06
United States 2.79
China 4.98

Related indicators

internal links
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:34:11+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 GDP Growth: 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 GDP Growth 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.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa gdp growth rate, gdp growth data south africa, south africa gdp growth statistics, south africa annual percent.