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South Africa

64,747,319Population
427.2 bn US$GDP
US$ 6,598GDP per capita
1.1 %GDP growth

Facts

Population
64,747,319 (2025)
GDP
427.2 bn US$ (2025)
GDP per capita
US$ 6,598 (2025)
GDP growth
1.1 % (2025)
Inflation
3.2 % (2025)
Exports
134.2 bn US$ (2025)
Imports
126.0 bn US$ (2025)
Unemployment
32.4 % (2025)
Foreign direct investment
-2.2 bn US$ (2025)
Tax revenue, % of GDP
25.9 % (2024)

Sources: World Bank — WDI (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q258

Exports

19602025134.2B2.2B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 134,179,428,668
2023US$ 126,843,584,296
2019US$ 105,906,059,179
2016US$ 91,109,021,409
2015US$ 96,085,897,668
2014US$ 110,550,033,012
2011US$ 126,912,776,369
2009US$ 82,381,621,006
2008US$ 101,967,105,839
2006US$ 79,301,796,384
2005US$ 68,171,982,952
2004US$ 58,215,305,278

GDP per capita

196020256,598532
PeriodValue
2025US$ 6,598
2024US$ 6,267
2023US$ 6,034
2022US$ 6,534
2021US$ 6,829
2020US$ 5,581
2017US$ 6,618
2014US$ 6,857
2012US$ 8,077
2010US$ 7,973
2009US$ 6,375
2008US$ 6,185

GDP

19612025427.2B9.2B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 427,184,325,997
2024US$ 401,144,998,374
2023US$ 381,440,724,491
2022US$ 407,596,043,068
2021US$ 419,986,284,375
2020US$ 337,974,655,408
2019US$ 389,330,032,224
2017US$ 381,448,814,653
2016US$ 323,585,509,674
2013US$ 400,886,013,596
2012US$ 434,400,545,086
2008US$ 316,131,258,616

Inflation

196020253.21.3
PeriodValue
20253.21 %
20236.08 %
20227.04 %
20214.62 %
20203.23 %
20175.19 %
20166.60 %
20135.78 %
20125.74 %
20115.00 %
20089.91 %
20076.18 %

Population

1960202564.7M16.4M
PeriodValue
202564,747,319
202464,007,187
202262,378,410
202161,502,603
201959,587,885
201657,259,551
201455,594,838
201253,782,567
201052,344,051
200851,114,599
200750,528,584
200649,998,277

Imports

19602025126B1.9B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 126,023,231,105
2023US$ 123,686,210,464
2022US$ 128,016,518,313
2018US$ 109,373,822,795
2017US$ 99,923,782,384
2016US$ 89,649,913,399
2013US$ 122,253,185,706
2012US$ 123,558,580,031
2010US$ 102,766,114,851
2008US$ 106,598,986,615
2007US$ 97,145,854,047
2005US$ 68,831,329,348