South Africa GDP Growth RateSouth Africa GDP Growth RateSouth Africa GDP Growth Rate

South Africa GDP Growth Rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Q2 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
13.70% on Sep 30, 2020
Lowest
−17.00% on Jun 30, 2020

About South Africa GDP Growth Rate


Category
GDP
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
South Africa is the most developed country in Africa and was the largest until 2014, when it was overtaken by Nigeria. The largest sector of the economy is services which accounts for around 73 percent of GDP. Within services, the most important are finance, real estate and business services (21.6 percent); government services (17 percent); wholesale, retail and motor trade, catering and accommodation (15 percent); and transport, storage and communication (9.3 percent). Manufacturing accounts for 13.9 percent; mining and quarrying for around 8.3 percent and agriculture for only 2.6 percent.