In 2021 South Africa public debt was 244,148 million euros288,955 million dollars, has increased 40,09056,067 million since 2020.
This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 68.98% of South Africa GDP, a 0.02 percentage point fall from 2020, when it was 69% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Africa debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 114,510 million euros 159,365 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34.74%.
According to the last data point published, South Africa per capita debt in 2021 was 4,059 euros4,804 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 3,423 euros 3,906 dollars, afterwards rising by 636 euros898 dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 2,197 euros3,057 dollars .
The position of South Africa, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 120 in the list of debt to GDP and 113 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.