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Government Expense / South Africa
Public Finance

South Africa Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for South Africa, including latest value (33.42), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2022 1972– 2022
1972 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

South Africa · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2022
33.42 percent of GDP
34.61 percent of GDP
33.68 percent of GDP
30 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 30.23
Morocco 26.61
Kenya 27.84
United States 24.9
Germany 31.17

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa government expense rate, government expense data south africa, south africa government expense statistics, south africa percent of gdp.