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Government debt to GDP in South Africa

Latest: 82.8%
Previous: 79.4%
Change: +3.35 (+4.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government debt to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Government debt to GDP in South Africa
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	32.4%
Dec 31, 1991	33.9%
Dec 31, 1992	36.9%
Dec 31, 1993	40.0%
Dec 31, 1994	44.8%
Dec 31, 1995	44.9%
Dec 31, 1996	44.2%
Dec 31, 1997	43.2%
Dec 31, 1998	44.7%
Dec 31, 1999	42.2%
Dec 31, 2000	39.6%
Dec 31, 2001	—
Dec 31, 2002	—
Dec 31, 2003	—
Dec 31, 2004	—
Dec 31, 2005	—
Dec 31, 2006	—
Dec 31, 2007	—
Dec 31, 2008	—
Dec 31, 2009	—
Dec 31, 2010	—
Dec 31, 2011	—
Dec 31, 2012	—
Dec 31, 2013	—
Dec 31, 2014	—
Dec 31, 2015	52.7%
Dec 31, 2016	53.7%
Dec 31, 2017	56.3%
Dec 31, 2018	59.1%
Dec 31, 2019	64.6%
Dec 31, 2020	75.7%
Dec 31, 2021	74.1%
Dec 31, 2022	76.2%
Dec 31, 2023	79.4%
Dec 31, 2024	82.8%
Dec 31, 2025	—

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