In 2019 South Africa public debt was 195,045 million euros218,371 million dollars, has increased 18,3459,602 million since 2018.
This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 56.22% of South Africa GDP, a 4.54 percentage point rise from 2018, when it was 51.68% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Africa debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 64,167 million euros 89,402 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 27%.
According to the last data point published, South Africa per capita debt in 2019 was 3,318 euros3,715 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 3,050 euros 3,603 dollars, afterwards rising by 268 euros112 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,270 euros1,769 dollars .
The position of South Africa, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 113 in the list of debt to GDP and 114 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.