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Inflation rate in South Africa

Latest: 3.2%
Previous: 4.4%
Change: -1.16 (-26.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Inflation rate 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 Inflation rate in South Africa
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	3.5%
Dec 31, 1967	3.5%
Dec 31, 1968	2.0%
Dec 31, 1969	3.2%
Dec 31, 1970	5.0%
Dec 31, 1971	6.0%
Dec 31, 1972	6.4%
Dec 31, 1973	9.4%
Dec 31, 1974	11.7%
Dec 31, 1975	13.4%
Dec 31, 1976	11.0%
Dec 31, 1977	11.2%
Dec 31, 1978	11.1%
Dec 31, 1979	13.3%
Dec 31, 1980	13.7%
Dec 31, 1981	15.3%
Dec 31, 1982	14.6%
Dec 31, 1983	12.3%
Dec 31, 1984	11.5%
Dec 31, 1985	16.3%
Dec 31, 1986	18.7%
Dec 31, 1987	16.2%
Dec 31, 1988	12.8%
Dec 31, 1989	14.7%
Dec 31, 1990	14.3%
Dec 31, 1991	15.3%
Dec 31, 1992	13.9%
Dec 31, 1993	9.7%
Dec 31, 1994	8.9%
Dec 31, 1995	8.7%
Dec 31, 1996	7.4%
Dec 31, 1997	8.6%
Dec 31, 1998	6.9%
Dec 31, 1999	5.2%
Dec 31, 2000	5.3%
Dec 31, 2001	5.7%
Dec 31, 2002	9.5%
Dec 31, 2003	5.7%
Dec 31, 2004	-0.7%
Dec 31, 2005	2.1%
Dec 31, 2006	3.2%
Dec 31, 2007	6.2%
Dec 31, 2008	9.9%
Dec 31, 2009	7.2%
Dec 31, 2010	4.1%
Dec 31, 2011	5.0%
Dec 31, 2012	5.7%
Dec 31, 2013	5.8%
Dec 31, 2014	6.1%
Dec 31, 2015	4.5%
Dec 31, 2016	6.6%
Dec 31, 2017	5.2%
Dec 31, 2018	4.5%
Dec 31, 2019	4.1%
Dec 31, 2020	3.2%
Dec 31, 2021	4.6%
Dec 31, 2022	7.0%
Dec 31, 2023	6.1%
Dec 31, 2024	4.4%
Dec 31, 2025	3.2%

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