South Africa - Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)

Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) in South Africa was 95.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 103.46 in 1971, while its lowest value was 90.30 in 1962.

Definition: Gross national expenditure (formerly domestic absorption) is the sum of household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption), general government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption), and gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment).

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 93.05
1961 91.38
1962 90.30
1963 92.53
1964 95.06
1965 96.47
1966 93.78
1967 94.66
1968 94.19
1969 94.96
1970 99.26
1971 103.46
1972 97.56
1973 93.50
1974 94.72
1975 102.19
1976 101.01
1977 99.71
1978 95.71
1979 94.82
1980 95.17
1981 102.15
1982 98.16
1983 99.61
1984 99.26
1985 95.10
1986 95.44
1987 94.33
1988 98.04
1989 98.81
1990 99.32
1991 99.54
1992 98.35
1993 96.10
1994 99.12
1995 98.93
1996 98.53
1997 99.09
1998 99.10
1999 98.51
2000 97.25
2001 96.51
2002 94.50
2003 94.43
2004 97.63
2005 96.57
2006 97.92
2007 98.68
2008 101.40
2009 98.57
2010 97.96
2011 99.98
2012 101.71
2013 102.12
2014 101.50
2015 101.30
2016 99.55
2017 98.86
2018 99.53
2019 99.44
2020 95.65

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts