The stored IMF World Economic Outlook archive has 9 publication rounds among the revision series shown for South Africa in 2026, from April 2021 to April 2025. These are the first and latest available stored estimates, not a claim that every publisher round is present.
Real GDP growth is 1.3% in April 2021 and 1.289% in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is -0.011 percentage points.
Inflation (average CPI) is 4.5% in April 2021 and 4.525% in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is +0.025 percentage points.
Unemployment rate is 35.265% in April 2021 and 32.682% in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is -2.583 percentage points.
Government gross debt is 94.897 % of GDP in April 2021 and 81.706 % of GDP in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is -13.191 percentage points.
Current account balance is -2.84 % of GDP in April 2021 and -1.406 % of GDP in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is +1.434 percentage points.
GDP, current prices is 406.937 bn USD in April 2021 and 424.241 bn USD in April 2025. The change between those stored estimates is +17.304 bn USD.
These are stored IMF World Economic Outlook estimates by publication round, accessed via DBnomics. Coverage varies by country, subject and release; the archive has not been verified to contain every publisher release. A missing stored estimate does not establish that the publisher omitted it. Displayed units follow the existing subject definitions; edition-specific scale metadata was not retained. Year labels are retained as stored; country-specific fiscal-year mappings are unavailable. Publication rounds are retained, but immutable source snapshots and per-value observed, estimated or forecast status are unavailable. The path connects available stored rounds; spacing does not represent elapsed time. Missing values are omitted from the path, and no intervening readings are created. South Africa overview · methodology
South Africa — IMF WEO Outlook