South Africa
ZA desk: South Africa first; United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Australia and New Zealand alongside.
+0.58 pp
As of 2025 | annual %
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 0.53% |
| 2023 | 0.81% |
| 2022 | 2.06% |
| 2021 | 4.86% |
| 2020 | -6.17% |
| 2019 | 0.26% |
| 2018 | 1.56% |
| 2017 | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 0.66% |
| 2015 | 1.32% |
| 2014 | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 2.49% |
| 2012 | 2.40% |
| 2011 | 3.17% |
| 2010 | 3.04% |
| 2009 | -1.54% |
| 2008 | 3.19% |
| 2007 | 5.36% |
| 2006 | 5.60% |
| 2005 | 5.28% |
| 2004 | 4.55% |
| 2003 | 2.95% |
| 2002 | 3.70% |
Annual percentage change in real GDP (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG). This is a growth rate, not a level. Latest: 1.11% in 2025.
A small rich economy and a large poor one can print the same growth rate. Read it next to the level pages. From 1961 to 2025 (65 years): mean 2.73%, median 2.95%; low -6.17% (2020), high 7.94% (1964).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).