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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

GDP per capita

196020256,598532
PeriodValue
2025US$ 6,598
2024US$ 6,267
2023US$ 6,034
2022US$ 6,534
2020US$ 5,581
2019US$ 6,534
2018US$ 6,914
2017US$ 6,618
2016US$ 5,651
2015US$ 6,112
2014US$ 6,857
2012US$ 8,077

Population

1960202464M16.4M
PeriodValue
202464,007,187
202363,212,384
202262,378,410
201959,587,885
201858,613,001
201757,635,162
201657,259,551
201455,594,838
201354,678,791
201152,995,205
201052,344,051
200951,728,516

GDP

19612024401.1B9.2B
PeriodValue
2024US$ 401,144,998,374
2023US$ 381,440,724,491
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
2011US$ 458,199,494,831
2010US$ 417,363,822,802

GDP growth

196120251.13.8
PeriodValue
20251.11 %
20240.53 %
20222.06 %
20214.86 %
2020-6.17 %
20190.26 %
20181.56 %
20171.16 %
20160.66 %
20151.32 %
20141.41 %
20122.40 %

Imports

19602025126B1.9B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 126,023,231,105
2024US$ 119,761,291,334
2022US$ 128,016,518,313
2021US$ 104,883,607,898
2018US$ 109,373,822,795
2017US$ 99,923,782,384
2016US$ 89,649,913,399
2015US$ 100,591,042,327
2013US$ 122,253,185,706
2012US$ 123,558,580,031
2011US$ 123,430,705,323
2010US$ 102,766,114,851

Exports

19602025134.2B2.2B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 134,179,428,668
2023US$ 126,843,584,296
2021US$ 131,000,485,997
2015US$ 96,085,897,668
2014US$ 110,550,033,012
2013US$ 113,768,565,563
2012US$ 117,892,612,029
2008US$ 101,967,105,839
2007US$ 93,124,912,620
2006US$ 79,301,796,384
2005US$ 68,171,982,952
2002US$ 36,701,099,078