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South Africa: M0 (monetary base)

Millions of local currency · 1876–2025 · 150 observations · M0

2025
564 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+11.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+9.5%a year

M0 (monetary base)

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2025563,633
2024504,605
2023395,807
2022363,350
2021318,596
2020302,464
2019291,880
2018280,228
2017256,894
2016245,352

Sources

  • Mitchell1876–2010
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • South African Reserve Bank1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2017–2025

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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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