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South Africa Government Debt To GDPSouth Africa Government Debt To GDPSouth Africa Government Debt To GDP

South Africa Government Debt To GDP

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
78.90 % OF GDPon Dec 31, 2025
Lowest
27.80 % OF GDPon Dec 31, 2008

Details


Category
Government
Source
Reserve Bank
Frequency
Annual
Units
% of GDP
Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields.

South Africa in figures — see more economic indicators tied to ZAGDG.
Fiscal Expenditure
ZAFE
Budget to GDP
ZAGBP
Government Budget Value
ZAGBV
Government Debt
ZAGD
Government Revenues
ZAGR
Government Spending
ZAGSP
Military Expenditure
ZAME