South Africa - Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in South Africa was 5.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.88 in 1980 and a minimum value of 0.38 in 1962.

Definition: 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: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1.35
1962 0.38
1963 3.27
1964 1.99
1965 2.95
1966 4.37
1967 4.03
1968 3.80
1969 7.59
1970 4.29
1971 6.01
1972 11.06
1973 18.41
1974 15.94
1975 10.82
1976 10.44
1977 11.16
1978 11.61
1979 15.07
1980 24.88
1981 10.13
1982 13.98
1983 16.52
1984 11.48
1985 16.82
1986 17.15
1987 14.48
1988 15.15
1989 17.22
1990 15.48
1991 15.65
1992 14.57
1993 23.82
1994 9.81
1995 10.84
1996 8.02
1997 8.14
1998 8.08
1999 6.89
2000 9.18
2001 7.80
2002 12.54
2003 6.40
2004 6.04
2005 5.60
2006 6.06
2007 8.25
2008 7.85
2009 8.66
2010 6.13
2011 5.54
2012 4.69
2013 5.84
2014 5.37
2015 5.55
2016 6.95
2017 5.47
2018 3.96
2019 4.50
2020 5.27

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices