In 2024 South Africa public debt was 282,397 million euros305,569 million dollars, has increased 24,24326,355 million since 2023.
This amount means that the debt in 2024 reached 76.36% of South Africa GDP, a 3 percentage point rise from 2023, when it was 73.36% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Africa debt. It has risen since 2014 in global debt terms, when it was 124,078 million euros 164,880 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 43.25%.
According to the last data point published, South Africa per capita debt in 2024 was 4,481 euros4,849 dollars per inhabitant. In 2023 it was 4,152 euros 4,490 dollars, afterwards rising by 329 euros359 dollars, and if we again check 2014 we can see that then the debt per person was 2,263 euros3,007 dollars .
The position of South Africa, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2024 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 142 in the list of debt to GDP and 108 in debt per capita, out of the 192 we publish.
In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in South Africa. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about South Africa in economy of South Africa.