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.

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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	15912.00	-7476.00	70466.00	-90538.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Spending	639964.00	638888.00	639964.00	65991.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Revenues	111002.00	116226.00	157508.00	36.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Debt	70549.00	81061.00	81061.00	11594.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	95090.00	123702.00	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 November of 2018.

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

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Japan	253.00	Dec/17	250	253	50.6	%	Yearly
Italy	131.80	Dec/17	132	132	90.5	%	Yearly
Singapore	110.60	Dec/17	112	112	67.4	%	Yearly
United States	105.40	Dec/17	106	119	31.7	%	Yearly
Spain	98.30	Dec/17	99	100	16.6	%	Yearly
France	97.00	Dec/17	96.6	97	20.7	%	Yearly
Canada	89.60	Dec/17	92.4	101	45.1	%	Yearly
Euro Area	86.70	Dec/17	89	91.9	64.9	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	85.30	Dec/17	82.6	85.3	21.7	%	Yearly
Brazil	74.04	Dec/17	69.95	74.04	51.27	%	Yearly
India	68.70	Dec/17	69.6	84.2	66	%	Yearly
Germany	64.10	Dec/17	68.2	81	54.7	%	Yearly
Argentina	57.10	Dec/17	53.3	167	34.5	%	Yearly
Netherlands	56.70	Dec/17	61.8	73.5	42.7	%	Yearly
South Africa	53.10	Dec/17	51.6	53.1	27.8	%	Yearly
China	47.60	Dec/17	44.3	47.6	20.4	%	Yearly
Mexico	46.40	Dec/17	48.2	48.2	17.1	%	Yearly
Australia	41.90	Dec/17	41	41.9	9.7	%	Yearly
South Korea	38.00	Dec/17	38.3	38.3	8.24	%	Yearly
Switzerland	29.70	Dec/17	29.1	48.9	25.1	%	Yearly
Indonesia	28.70	Dec/17	27.9	87.43	22.96	%	Yearly
Turkey	28.30	Dec/17	28.3	76.1	27.6	%	Yearly
Saudi Arabia	17.20	Dec/17	13.1	104	1.6	%	Yearly
Russia	12.60	Dec/17	12.9	92.1	7.4	%	Yearly