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General government gross debt, quarterly (World Bank QPSD): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 365,255 USD mn for 2026-Q1, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · Fiscal & Monetary · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QPSD.GG.DEBT.USD.Q · ZAF

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Latest
365,255
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Previous
354,834
USD mn · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
123,044
USD mn · 2010-Q1
Readings shown
65
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:20:09.926Z (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.

Readings, newest first

General government gross debt, quarterly (World Bank QPSD): South Africa: 65 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q1365,255
2025-Q4354,834
2025-Q3337,491
2025-Q2321,199
2025-Q1304,214
2024-Q4294,803
2024-Q3311,597
2024-Q2289,487
2024-Q1272,021
2023-Q4274,582
2023-Q3265,336
2023-Q2249,761
2023-Q1265,359
2022-Q4275,522
2022-Q3257,700
2022-Q2272,582
2022-Q1290,493
2021-Q4269,456
2021-Q3276,033
2021-Q2285,956
2021-Q1269,868
2020-Q4265,216
2020-Q3224,377
2020-Q2203,188
2020-Q1183,786
2019-Q4227,108
2019-Q3205,661
2019-Q2207,775
2019-Q1194,371
2018-Q4195,140
2018-Q3193,944
2018-Q2193,054
2018-Q1213,904
2017-Q4204,336
2017-Q3183,357
2017-Q2180,391
2017-Q1171,881
2016-Q4168,542
2016-Q3159,005
2016-Q2145,360
2016-Q1140,085
2015-Q4142,327
2015-Q3153,415
2015-Q2166,339
2015-Q1162,172
2014-Q4169,412
2014-Q3167,523
2014-Q2168,904
2014-Q1164,979
2013-Q4164,189
2013-Q3163,868
2013-Q2155,493
2013-Q1164,104
2012-Q4175,026
2012-Q3171,775
2012-Q2169,746
2012-Q1173,475
2011-Q4159,623
2011-Q3153,692
2011-Q2169,498
2011-Q1163,069
2010-Q4158,642
2010-Q3144,158
2010-Q2127,034
2010-Q1123,044

Source: World Bank. All 65 readings held, 2010-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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