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South Africa: GDP (current LCU)

7.64Tcurrent LCU · 2025+72.9% since 2015

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for South Africa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20257,641,793,184,500
20247,352,449,483,600
20237,037,674,438,400
20226,666,580,963,800
20216,206,842,061,200
20205,562,760,340,700
20195,625,206,549,500
20185,363,190,430,700
20175,078,189,924,600
20164,759,554,544,700
20154,420,792,525,200
20144,133,873,023,400
20133,868,630,208,400
20123,566,385,035,100
20113,327,047,014,300
20103,055,613,201,500
20092,794,228,410,100
20082,611,630,824,700
20072,346,649,864,200
20062,057,593,909,300
20051,837,001,382,600
20041,652,434,096,800
20031,490,399,020,800
20021,360,679,275,100
20011,165,940,572,900
20001,053,138,033,600
1999925,690,425,000
1998845,733,385,800
1997778,644,467,000
1996701,803,913,200
1995622,900,829,800
1994545,092,632,100
1993480,994,458,800
1992419,121,000,000
1991373,340,000,000
1990326,127,000,000
1989283,395,000,000
1988236,388,000,000
1987196,550,000,000
1986167,618,000,000
1985143,659,000,000
1984125,207,000,000
1983107,181,000,000
198293,276,000,000
198181,739,000,000
198069,637,000,000
197953,080,000,000
197844,876,000,000
197739,416,000,000
197635,783,000,000
197531,730,000,000
197428,123,000,000
197323,083,000,000
197218,846,000,000
197116,744,000,000
197015,156,000,000
196913,755,000,000
196812,232,000,000
196711,301,000,000
196610,151,000,000
19659,335,000,000
19648,540,000,000
19637,753,000,000
19627,010,000,000
19616,590,000,000
19606,249,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by OECD, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). GDP (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-gdp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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