South Africa - Inflation
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in South Africa was 4.27 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.65 in 1986 and a minimum value of 1.25 in 1962.
Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.10 |
| 1962 | 1.25 |
| 1963 | 1.34 |
| 1964 | 2.53 |
| 1965 | 4.07 |
| 1966 | 3.49 |
| 1967 | 3.54 |
| 1968 | 1.99 |
| 1969 | 3.24 |
| 1970 | 4.06 |
| 1971 | 5.71 |
| 1972 | 6.46 |
| 1973 | 9.59 |
| 1974 | 11.64 |
| 1975 | 12.52 |
| 1976 | 11.02 |
| 1977 | 11.15 |
| 1978 | 11.14 |
| 1979 | 13.29 |
| 1980 | 13.66 |
| 1981 | 15.25 |
| 1982 | 14.64 |
| 1983 | 12.30 |
| 1984 | 11.53 |
| 1985 | 16.29 |
| 1986 | 18.65 |
| 1987 | 16.16 |
| 1988 | 12.78 |
| 1989 | 14.73 |
| 1990 | 14.32 |
| 1991 | 15.33 |
| 1992 | 13.87 |
| 1993 | 9.72 |
| 1994 | 8.94 |
| 1995 | 8.68 |
| 1996 | 7.35 |
| 1997 | 8.60 |
| 1998 | 6.88 |
| 1999 | 5.18 |
| 2000 | 5.34 |
| 2001 | 5.70 |
| 2002 | 9.16 |
| 2003 | 5.86 |
| 2004 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 3.40 |
| 2006 | 4.64 |
| 2007 | 7.10 |
| 2008 | 11.54 |
| 2009 | 7.13 |
| 2010 | 4.27 |
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in South Africa was 8.12 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.91 in 1980 and a minimum value of 0.32 in 1965.
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 | 1.26 |
| 1962 | 0.59 |
| 1963 | 3.33 |
| 1964 | 1.70 |
| 1965 | 0.32 |
| 1966 | 4.39 |
| 1967 | 4.08 |
| 1968 | 3.86 |
| 1969 | 7.63 |
| 1970 | 4.28 |
| 1971 | 5.98 |
| 1972 | 11.02 |
| 1973 | 18.33 |
| 1974 | 15.90 |
| 1975 | 10.67 |
| 1976 | 10.42 |
| 1977 | 11.17 |
| 1978 | 11.68 |
| 1979 | 15.13 |
| 1980 | 24.91 |
| 1981 | 9.93 |
| 1982 | 13.94 |
| 1983 | 16.57 |
| 1984 | 11.52 |
| 1985 | 16.80 |
| 1986 | 17.06 |
| 1987 | 14.50 |
| 1988 | 15.18 |
| 1989 | 17.26 |
| 1990 | 15.52 |
| 1991 | 15.73 |
| 1992 | 14.57 |
| 1993 | 13.09 |
| 1994 | 9.59 |
| 1995 | 10.25 |
| 1996 | 8.09 |
| 1997 | 8.11 |
| 1998 | 7.71 |
| 1999 | 7.07 |
| 2000 | 8.81 |
| 2001 | 7.67 |
| 2002 | 10.75 |
| 2003 | 5.55 |
| 2004 | 6.37 |
| 2005 | 5.44 |
| 2006 | 6.53 |
| 2007 | 8.06 |
| 2008 | 8.90 |
| 2009 | 7.16 |
| 2010 | 8.12 |
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
