South Africa: Government debt
(measure: Million local currency units South African Rand, source: South African Reserve Bank)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Government debt in South Africa
, January 1960 - January 2021: For that indicator, we provide data for South Africa from January 1960 to January 2021. The average value for South Africa during that period was 490140.39 Million local currency units South African Rand with a minimum of 2434 Million local currency units South African Rand in February 1960 and a maximum of 3897788 Million local currency units South African Rand in January 2021. Click on the following link to see the values of Government debt around the world.
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Measure: Million local currency units South African Rand
Source: South African Reserve Bank
Source: South African Reserve Bank
Definition: General government gross debt, also known as public debt, is the nominal (face) value of total gross debt outstanding at the end of the period and consolidated between and within the government subsectors. Only core debt instruments are included, defined here as comprising (i) currency and deposits; (ii) loans; and (iii) debt securities.