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South Africa: Consumer price index

Index, 2015 = 100 · 1653–2025 · 373 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CPI

2025
160.6index, 2015 = 100
Change on 2024
+3.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+4.9%a year

Consumer price index

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ForecastIndex, 2015 = 100

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Recent values

Index, 2015 = 100

YearValue
2031195.3Forecast
2030189.6Forecast
2029184.1Forecast
2028178.7Forecast
2027173.5Forecast
2026167.8Forecast
2025160.6
2024155.6
2023149.0
2022140.7
2021131.7
2020125.9
2019121.9
2018117.1
2017111.9
2016106.3

Sources

  • Clio Infra1653–1927
  • Mitchell1895–2009
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1896–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1914–1944
  • Bank for International Settlements1922–2025
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1957–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1957–2025
  • South African Reserve Bank1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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