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South Africa: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1913–2025 · 113 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2025
−339 billionlocal currency

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-399,928Forecast
2030-383,007Forecast
2029-379,628Forecast
2028-386,603Forecast
2027-329,453Forecast
2026-345,164Forecast
2025-339,251
2024-376,500
2023-427,688
2022-340,337
2021-414,456
2020-584,850
2019-285,736
2018-195,926
2017-219,908
2016-188,478

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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