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South Africa: M1

Millions of local currency · 1948–2025 · 78 observations · M1

2025
2.92 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+7.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+7.4%a year

M1

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100M1B10B100B1T10T19501960197019801990200020102020South AfricaSouth Africa
Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20252,920,580
20242,706,198
20232,579,510
20222,414,204
20212,316,060
20202,189,376
20191,835,280
20181,778,087
20171,700,966
20161,606,911

Sources

  • Mitchell1948–2010
  • South African Reserve Bank1965–2025
  • OECD Main Economic Indicators1965–2025
  • Bordo1971–1997
  • African Development Bank1980–1999

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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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