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The South African economy

Rates, the rand, prices, jobs and growth — live where the source is live, every figure with its official source and the period it covers.

Rand per US dollar · ECB reference rateR16.56▼ 5.2% over 1y

Prices

Consumer inflation: how much more the same basket costs than a year before.

CPI inflation, latest4.4%August 2026 · Stats SA
Petrol 95, inlandR30.25per litre · October 2026
Inflation by yearWorld Bank · 1994–2025
1994-12-31: 8.9%1995-12-31: 8.7%1996-12-31: 7.3%1997-12-31: 8.6%1998-12-31: 6.9%1999-12-31: 5.2%2000-12-31: 5.3%2001-12-31: 5.7%2002-12-31: 9.5%2003-12-31: 5.7%2004-12-31: -0.7%2005-12-31: 2.1%2006-12-31: 3.2%2007-12-31: 6.2%2008-12-31: 9.9%2009-12-31: 7.2%2010-12-31: 4.1%2011-12-31: 5.0%2012-12-31: 5.7%2013-12-31: 5.8%2014-12-31: 6.1%2015-12-31: 4.5%2016-12-31: 6.6%2017-12-31: 5.2%2018-12-31: 4.5%2019-12-31: 4.1%2020-12-31: 3.2%2021-12-31: 4.6%2022-12-31: 7.0%2023-12-31: 6.1%2024-12-31: 4.4%2025-12-31: 3.2%
8.9% · 4.6% · 0.3%1994-12 → 2025-12

Sources

Policy rates: South African Reserve Bank. Inflation, unemployment, GDP: Stats SA. Fuel: Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Daily exchange rates: European Central Bank reference rates via Frankfurter; live rand figures: ExchangeRate-API. Yearly series: World Bank Open Data. Business activity: Business.co.za’s own directory and news index.