In 2017 South Africa public debt was 164,065 million euros185,275 million dollars, has increased 26,27832,800 million since 2016.
This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 48.59% of South Africa GDP, a 1.46 percentage point rise from 2016, when it was 47.13% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Africa debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 59,038 million euros 80,920 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 24.33%.
According to the last data point published, South Africa per capita debt in 2017 was 2,873 euros3,245 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 2,449 euros 2,711 dollars, afterwards rising by 424 euros534 dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,203 euros1,648 dollars .
The position of South Africa, as compared with the rest of the world, has remained in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 95 in the list of debt to GDP and 109 in debt per capita, out of the 191 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.