Government finance — South Africa

General government budget balance in South Africa

General government budget balance in South Africa: dynamics chart 2000–2025, latest value −5.7824 % of GDP, source International Monetary Fund
General government budget balance in South Africa, 2000–2025. Source: International Monetary Fund.
Latest value−5.7824 % of GDP
Date2025
Period2000–2025
Data sourceInternational Monetary Fund

General government budget balance in South Africa: latest value −5.7824 % of GDP as of 2025.

General government budget balance in South Africa — official series from International Monetary Fund. The chart shows dynamics over the available observation period; values are shown in % of GDP.

Observation period: 2000–2025, published annually. Source — International Monetary Fund.

Frequency

Annual.

Latest values

Period% of GDP
2025−5.7824
2024−5.6709
2023−5.5999
2022−4.2499
2021−5.5402
2020−9.6214
2019−5.0721
2018−3.7323
2017−4.0158
2016−3.725
2015−4.374
2014−3.9263
2013−3.9042
2012−4.0395
2011−3.7043
2010−4.5142
2009−4.6673
2008−0.4879
20071.2153
20060.8133
2005−0.1015
2004−1.0439
2003−1.5882
2002−0.9581

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Data source

International Monetary Fund. Units: % of GDP. Observation period: 2000–2025.

Data for 2025

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