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South Africa: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2025
28.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 27.3%
Average, 2016–2025
26.7%10 years
Record high and low
28.4% (2025)low 9.23% (1964)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.7Forecast
203028.7Forecast
202928.7Forecast
202828.7Forecast
202728.5Forecast
202628.5Forecast
202528.4
202427.3
202326.9
202227.6
202127.1
202025.0
201926.3
201826.4
201725.8
201626.2

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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