South Africa Government Debt to GDP

South Africa recorded a government debt equivalent to 53.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Debt to GDP in South Africa averaged 39.45 percent from 2000 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 53.10 percent in 2017 and a record low of 27.80 percent in 2008.

Government Debt to GDP in South Africa is expected to be 55.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Africa Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 57.80 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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South Africa Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	53.10	51.60	53.10	27.80	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-4.60	-3.90	1.00	-7.40	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	-64891.00	17725.00	70466.00	-90538.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Spending	643445.00	642430.00	643445.00	65991.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Revenues	75792.00	160596.00	160596.00	36.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Debt	67998.00	70549.00	81061.00	11594.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	140683.00	142871.00	167009.00	46.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Credit Rating	48.59					[+]
Military Expenditure	3110.20	3171.80	5031.30	206.30	USD Million	[+]

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - South Africa Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Government Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	53.10	51.60	53.10	27.80	2000 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253 : 50.6	%
Italy	132.10	Dec/18	131	132 : 90.5	%
Singapore	110.60	Dec/17	112	112 : 67.4	%
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119 : 31.7	%
Spain	98.30	Dec/17	99	100 : 16.6	%
France	97.00	Dec/17	96.6	97 : 20.7	%
Canada	89.60	Dec/17	92.4	101 : 45.1	%
Euro Area	86.70	Dec/17	89	91.9 : 64.9	%
United Kingdom	84.70	Dec/18	85.1	85.1 : 21.8	%
Brazil	74.04	Dec/17	69.95	74.04 : 51.27	%
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2 : 66	%
Germany	63.90	Dec/17	67.9	81 : 54.7	%
Argentina	57.10	Dec/17	53.3	167 : 34.5	%
Netherlands	56.70	Dec/17	61.8	73.5 : 42.7	%
South Africa	53.10	Dec/17	51.6	53.1 : 27.8	%
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6 : 20.4	%
Mexico	46.40	Dec/17	48.2	48.2 : 17.1	%
Australia	41.90	Dec/17	41	41.9 : 9.7	%
South Korea	38.00	Dec/17	38.3	38.3 : 8.24	%
Indonesia	29.80	Dec/18	28.7	87.43 : 22.96	%
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9 : 25.1	%
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1 : 27.6	%
Saudi Arabia	17.20	Dec/17	13.1	104 : 1.6	%
Russia	13.50	Dec/17	12.9	92.1 : 6.5	%