Interest Payments / South Africa
South Africa Interest Payments
South Africa interest payments data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 18.17%.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:07:39
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 · interest payments data as percent of GDP.
Latest
18.17%
Previous
17.25%
Range avg.
14.13%
Rank
12
Countries by interest payments
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorInterest Payments
18.17%2024 · Rank 12
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 18.17% for Interest Payments in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 17.25% in 2023; the absolute change was 0.92 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (14.13%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 10.31% in 2015 to 18.17% in 2024.
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