Gini Index / South Africa
South Africa Gini Index
South Africa gini index data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 54.10.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: index
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:09:31
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
4.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Africa · gini index data as index.
Latest
54.10
Previous
59.60
Range avg.
59.89
Rank
2
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IndicatorGini Index
54.102022 · Rank 2
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 54.10 for Gini Index in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2014, the indicator decreased by 5.50 (9.2%), from 59.60 to 54.10.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 7 available observations (59.89).
Across the five latest available observations (2005–2022), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 7 available observations, the low was 54.10 in 2022 and the high was 65.00 in 2005.
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