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South Africa: Government consumption

Millions of local currency · 1946–2025 · 80 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons

2025
1.45 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+2.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.6%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$81.1 billionUS dollars

Government consumption

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20261,510,347Forecast
20251,450,762
20241,417,873
20231,359,112
20221,263,835
20211,192,917
20201,147,060
20191,101,420
20181,037,897
2017976,845
2016918,954

Sources

  • South African Reserve Bank1946–2025
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1993–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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