South Africa - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in South Africa was 4.61 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.65 in 1986 and a minimum value of -0.69 in 2004.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.29 |
| 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 | 4.99 |
| 1971 | 5.96 |
| 1972 | 6.43 |
| 1973 | 9.43 |
| 1974 | 11.72 |
| 1975 | 13.43 |
| 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 | 9.49 |
| 2003 | 5.68 |
| 2004 | -0.69 |
| 2005 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 3.24 |
| 2007 | 6.18 |
| 2008 | 10.07 |
| 2009 | 7.22 |
| 2010 | 4.09 |
| 2011 | 5.00 |
| 2012 | 5.72 |
| 2013 | 5.78 |
| 2014 | 6.13 |
| 2015 | 4.54 |
| 2016 | 6.57 |
| 2017 | 5.18 |
| 2018 | 4.52 |
| 2019 | 4.12 |
| 2020 | 3.21 |
| 2021 | 4.61 |
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
