COUNTRY / INDICATOR
South Africa GDP Deflator Inflation
South Africa gdp deflator inflation: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,79 | -1,13 |
| 2024 | 3,92 | -0,81 |
| 2023 | 4,72 | -0,52 |
| 2022 | 5,24 | -1,17 |
| 2021 | 6,41 | 1,02 |
| 2020 | 5,39 | 0,78 |
| 2019 | 4,61 | 0,62 |
| 2018 | 3,99 | -1,48 |
| 2017 | 5,47 | -1,48 |
| 2016 | 6,95 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.
Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSouth Africa recorded 2,79 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the gdp deflator inflation decreased by 1,13.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 4,95; the minimum was 2,79 in 2025 and the maximum was 6,95 in 2016.
South Africa ranks 127 out of 210 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Economy-wide price changes in domestically produced output.