Real GDP in local currency (units of local currency; seasonally unadjusted) - South Africa - IMF - Quarterly
This series is part of the dataset: Real GDP by country (IMF)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Africa, seasonally-unadjusted real GDP was 1,167,288,200,000 units of local currency in 2026-Q1, compared to 1,195,263,400,000 in the previous quarter. This represents a reduction of 2.34 percent.
Sample. In the quarterly time series plotted above, there are 133 observations. The series covers the time period extending from March 1993 to March 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: GDP recorded its maximum of 1,195,263,400,000 units of local currency in December 2025; it recorded a minimum of 560,469,500,000 in March 1993; it averaged 928,305,977,444.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of local currency |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 1193581100000.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1195263400000.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1167288200000.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in domestic currency |
| Country | South Africa |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Real aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Constant prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Unit | Units of local currency |
| Source | International Monetary Fund |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse subject to conditions |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM03 |
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