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South Africa: Inflation

Percent · 1653–2025 · 373 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
3.22%percent
Change on 2024
−1.4 pointsfrom 4.63%
Average, 2016–2025
4.88%10 years
Record high and low
38.7% (1838)low −65.1% (1822)

Inflation

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-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%1700175018001850190019502000South AfricaSouth Africa
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20313.00Forecast
20303.00Forecast
20293.00Forecast
20283.00Forecast
20273.40Forecast
20264.48Forecast
20253.22
20244.63
20235.90
20226.87
20214.56
20203.27
20194.12
20184.61
20175.30
20166.30

Sources

  • Clio Infra1653–2010
  • Mitchell1896–2009
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1896–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1915–1944
  • Bank for International Settlements1923–2025
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1958–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1958–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2001–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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