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Credit to Private Non-financial Sector (USD billions, Quarterly): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 307.49 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.

Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.PRIVATE.USD.Q · ZAF

Private non-financial sector combines households/NPISH and non-financial corporations. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal

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Latest
307.49
USD billions · 2026-Q1
Previous
309.72
USD billions · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
87.53
USD billions · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
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South Africa · history

USD billions · Quarterly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-14T18:31:27.447Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Credit to Private Non-financial Sector (USD billions, Quarterly): South Africa: 105 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (USD billions)
2026-Q1307.49
2025-Q4309.72
2025-Q3294.49
2025-Q2282.37
2025-Q1271.09
2024-Q4260.07
2024-Q3286.56
2024-Q2264.91
2024-Q1257.40
2023-Q4256.16
2023-Q3250.19
2023-Q2245.61
2023-Q1262.86
2022-Q4270.45
2022-Q3250.73
2022-Q2266.19
2022-Q1295.29
2021-Q4263.68
2021-Q3278.80
2021-Q2290.60
2021-Q1284.38
2020-Q4284.93
2020-Q3249.63
2020-Q2246.60
2020-Q1244.20
2019-Q4297.30
2019-Q3276.03
2019-Q2289.65
2019-Q1284.14
2018-Q4275.15
2018-Q3278.06
2018-Q2281.76
2018-Q1325.91
2017-Q4306.47
2017-Q3279.03
2017-Q2282.51
2017-Q1277.97
2016-Q4262.92
2016-Q3256.46
2016-Q2236.85
2016-Q1238.92
2015-Q4220.69
2015-Q3239.55
2015-Q2266.51
2015-Q1263.21
2014-Q4268.73
2014-Q3273.02
2014-Q2286.54
2014-Q1282.58
2013-Q4276.19
2013-Q3284.06
2013-Q2281.68
2013-Q1297.50
2012-Q4315.49
2012-Q3314.60
2012-Q2307.50
2012-Q1325.78
2011-Q4298.07
2011-Q3292.20
2011-Q2342.08
2011-Q1338.23
2010-Q4341.35
2010-Q3322.42
2010-Q2287.26
2010-Q1295.58
2009-Q4290.09
2009-Q3284.95
2009-Q2274.78
2009-Q1226.08
2008-Q4223.90
2008-Q3248.78
2008-Q2255.09
2008-Q1240.24
2007-Q4268.53
2007-Q3255.23
2007-Q2235.09
2007-Q1216.73
2006-Q4215.13
2006-Q3184.16
2006-Q2182.23
2006-Q1202.84
2005-Q4185.97
2005-Q3175.96
2005-Q2161.59
2005-Q1162.97
2004-Q4174.45
2004-Q3143.87
2004-Q2140.35
2004-Q1137.36
2003-Q4133.84
2003-Q3122.59
2003-Q2111.51
2003-Q1104.19
2002-Q488.22
2002-Q371.70
2002-Q271.33
2002-Q163.86
2001-Q462.68
2001-Q376.53
2001-Q281.64
2001-Q180.91
2000-Q483.42
2000-Q384.50
2000-Q286.18
2000-Q187.53

Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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