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South Africa: Total consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cons_GDP

2025
84.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.9 pointsfrom 83.6%
Average, 2016–2025
83.0%10 years
Record high and low
84.5% (2025)low 64.7% (1980)

Total consumption (% of GDP)

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60%65%70%75%80%85%19501960197019801990200020102020South AfricaSouth Africa
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202684.0Forecast
202584.5
202483.6
202383.7
202282.4
202181.0
202083.3
201983.7
201883.3
201782.2
201682.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Africa documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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