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South Africa: Household consumption (% of GDP)

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

2025
65.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.2 pointsfrom 64.4%
Average, 2016–2025
63.7%10 years
Record high and low
73.8% (1948)low 52.8% (1980)

Household consumption (% of GDP)

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50%55%60%65%70%75%19501960197019801990200020102020South AfricaSouth Africa
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202665.4Forecast
202565.6
202464.4
202364.4
202263.4
202161.9
202062.6
201964.1
201864.0
201763.0
201663.3

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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