In 2020 South Africa public debt was 204,058 million euros232,888 million dollars, has increased 9,01314,517 million since 2019.
This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 69% of South Africa GDP, a 12.78 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 56.22% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Africa debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 98,087 million euros 130,141 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 31.19%.
According to the last data point published, South Africa per capita debt in 2020 was 3,423 euros3,906 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 3,318 euros 3,715 dollars, afterwards rising by 105 euros191 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,911 euros2,535 dollars .
The position of South Africa, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2020 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 119 in the list of debt to GDP and 110 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.