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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

Inflation

196020244.41.3
PeriodValue
20244.36 %
20227.04 %
20203.23 %
20194.10 %
20175.19 %
20166.60 %
20146.13 %
20115.00 %
20104.07 %
20097.24 %
20089.91 %
20063.24 %

Imports

19602025126B1.9B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 126,023,231,105
2024US$ 119,761,291,334
2023US$ 123,686,210,464
2019US$ 103,935,027,605
2018US$ 109,373,822,795
2014US$ 116,261,670,807
2013US$ 122,253,185,706
2012US$ 123,558,580,031
2011US$ 123,430,705,323
2010US$ 102,766,114,851
2009US$ 81,135,290,312
2008US$ 106,598,986,615

Population

1960202564.7M16.4M
PeriodValue
202564,747,319
202464,007,187
202161,502,603
201959,587,885
201858,613,001
201757,635,162
201657,259,551
201253,782,567
201152,995,205
201052,344,051
200951,728,516
200851,114,599

GDP per capita

196120256,598546
PeriodValue
2025US$ 6,598
2024US$ 6,267
2023US$ 6,034
2022US$ 6,534
2021US$ 6,829
2020US$ 5,581
2016US$ 5,651
2008US$ 6,185
2007US$ 6,592
2005US$ 5,837
2004US$ 5,221
2002US$ 2,688

Exports

19602024127.5B2.2B
PeriodValue
2024US$ 127,531,645,077
2023US$ 126,843,584,296
2021US$ 131,000,485,997
2020US$ 93,199,600,859
2019US$ 105,906,059,179
2018US$ 111,434,691,806
2017US$ 104,288,394,993
2014US$ 110,550,033,012
2011US$ 126,912,776,369
2009US$ 82,381,621,006
2008US$ 101,967,105,839
2007US$ 93,124,912,620

GDP

19612025427.2B9.2B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 427,184,325,997
2024US$ 401,144,998,374
2021US$ 419,986,284,375
2020US$ 337,974,655,408
2019US$ 389,330,032,224
2018US$ 405,260,723,893
2017US$ 381,448,814,653
2016US$ 323,585,509,674
2015US$ 346,709,790,459
2014US$ 381,198,869,776
2013US$ 400,886,013,596
2012US$ 434,400,545,086