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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
South Africa's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.15% as of 2025-12-31, down from 1.25% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, South Africa's gdp annual growth rate was 1.15%, down from 1.25% in 2024.
In 2024, South Africa's gdp annual growth rate was 1.25%, down from 1.33% in 2023.
In 2023, South Africa's gdp annual growth rate was 1.33%, down from 1.41% in 2022.
In 2022, South Africa's gdp annual growth rate was 1.41%, down from 1.54% in 2021.
In 2021, South Africa's gdp annual growth rate was 1.54%, down from 1.62% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.15% | -0.0998% |
| 2024 | 1.25% | -0.0786% |
| 2023 | 1.33% | -0.0859% |
| 2022 | 1.41% | -0.1266% |
| 2021 | 1.54% | -0.0816% |
| 2020 | 1.62% | -0.0274% |
| 2019 | 1.65% | -0.0328% |
| 2018 | 1.68% | +1.03% |
| 2017 | 0.6538% | -0.2867% |
| 2016 | 0.9405% | -1.07% |
| 2015 | 2.01% | +0.3484% |
| 2014 | 1.66% | +0.0088% |
| 2013 | 1.65% | +0.1779% |
| 2012 | 1.47% | +0.2385% |
| 2011 | 1.24% | +0.0534% |
| 2010 | 1.18% | -0.011% |
| 2009 | 1.19% | +0.0408% |
| 2008 | 1.15% | +0.098% |
| 2007 | 1.06% | +0.0333% |
| 2006 | 1.02% | +0.0091% |
| 2005 | 1.01% | +0.0052% |
| 2004 | 1.01% | +0.0109% |
| 2003 | 0.9966% | +0.0495% |
| 2002 | 0.947% | +0.0875% |
| 2001 | 0.8595% | -0.0552% |
| 2000 | 0.9147% | -0.175% |
| 1999 | 1.09% | -0.1227% |
| 1998 | 1.21% | +0.0144% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | -0.099% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | +0.0831% |
| 1995 | 1.21% | -0.4058% |
| 1994 | 1.62% | -0.3716% |
| 1993 | 1.99% | +0.195% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | -0.4883% |
| 1991 | 2.28% | -0.4967% |
| 1990 | 2.78% | -0.1581% |
| 1989 | 2.94% | -0.1065% |
| 1988 | 3.05% | -0.0714% |
| 1987 | 3.12% | -0.0796% |
| 1986 | 3.2% | -0.1377% |
| 1985 | 3.33% | -0.1278% |
| 1984 | 3.46% | -0.0308% |
| 1983 | 3.49% | +0.0363% |
| 1982 | 3.46% | +0.0529% |
| 1981 | 3.4% | +0.3613% |
| 1980 | 3.04% | +0.3361% |
| 1979 | 2.71% | -0.0233% |
| 1978 | 2.73% | +0.0259% |
| 1977 | 2.7% | -0.0012% |
| 1976 | 2.71% | -0.0645% |
| 1975 | 2.77% | -0.0501% |
| 1974 | 2.82% | -0.0393% |
| 1973 | 2.86% | -0.0079% |
| 1972 | 2.87% | -0.0615% |
| 1971 | 2.93% | -0.1029% |
| 1970 | 3.03% | -0.057% |
| 1969 | 3.09% | -0.0287% |
| 1968 | 3.12% | -0.0025% |
| 1967 | 3.12% | +0.0215% |
| 1966 | 3.1% | +0.0236% |
| 1965 | 3.07% | +0.0207% |
| 1964 | 3.05% | +0.023% |
| 1963 | 3.03% | +0.0565% |
| 1962 | 2.97% | +0.1684% |
| 1961 | 2.81% | — |
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South Africa's gdp annual growth rate is 1.15% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.25% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 3.49% (1983); the lowest is 0.6538% (2017), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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