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South Africa: Government consumption (% of GDP)

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

2025
18.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 19.2%
Average, 2016–2025
19.4%10 years
Record high and low
20.6% (2020)low 8.18% (1949)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202618.5Forecast
202518.9
202419.2
202319.3
202219.0
202119.2
202020.6
201919.6
201819.4
201719.2
201619.3

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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