South Africa - Consumer Price Index 2019
158.93
+6.26 from 2018
South Africa's consumer price index was 158.93 in 2019, increased +6.26 from 152.67 in 2018. This was the 137th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brunei Darussalam | 99.03 | -0.4% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 99.55 | 0.4% |
| 3rd | Kiribati | 100.53 | -1.8% |
| 4th | Greece | 101.95 | 0.3% |
| 5th | Cyprus | 102.51 | 0.3% |
| 6th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 104.22 | -0.3% |
| 7th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 104.90 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Dominica | 105.43 | 1.5% |
| 9th | Japan | 105.48 | 0.5% |
| 10th | Belize | 106.16 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Ireland | 106.56 | 0.9% |
| 12th | Grenada | 108.07 | 0.6% |
| 13th | Israel | 108.16 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Burkina Faso | 108.36 | -3.2% |
| 15th | Mali | 108.73 | -1.7% |
| 16th | Senegal | 109.25 | 1.8% |
| 17th | Niger | 109.32 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Aruba | 109.53 | 4.3% |
| 19th | Croatia | 109.82 | 0.8% |
| 20th | France | 110.05 | 1.1% |
| 21st | Denmark | 110.35 | 0.8% |
| 22nd | Cabo Verde | 110.50 | 1.1% |
| 23rd | Sweden | 110.51 | 1.8% |
| 24th | Italy | 110.62 | 0.6% |
| 25th | Portugal | 110.62 | 0.3% |
| 26th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.67 | 0.9% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | 110.72 | 0.5% |
| 28th | Benin | 110.72 | 0.7% |
| 29th | Spain | 110.96 | 0.7% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 111.05 | 1.6% |
| 31st | Morocco | 111.07 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | 111.23 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Finland | 112.33 | 1.0% |
| 34th | San Marino | 112.49 | 0.5% |
| 35th | West Bank and Gaza | 112.52 | 1.6% |
| 36th | Guinea-Bissau | 112.72 | 0.2% |
| 37th | Germany | 112.85 | 1.4% |
| 38th | Thailand | 113.27 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Togo | 113.30 | 0.7% |
| 40th | North Macedonia | 113.40 | 0.8% |
| 41st | Malta | 113.45 | 1.6% |
| 42nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 113.80 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Oman | 113.93 | 0.5% |
| 44th | Poland | 114.11 | 2.2% |
| 45th | New Zealand | 114.24 | 1.6% |
| 46th | Bulgaria | 114.42 | 3.1% |
| 47th | Singapore | 114.44 | 0.6% |
| 48th | United Arab Emirates | 114.52 | -1.9% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 115.09 | 1.7% |
| 50th | Korea | 115.16 | 0.4% |
| 51st | Slovak Republic | 115.34 | 2.7% |
| 52nd | Qatar | 115.38 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 115.44 | 1.4% |
| 54th | Curaçao | 115.53 | 2.6% |
| 55th | Netherlands | 115.91 | 2.6% |
| 56th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 116.03 | 1.9% |
| 57th | Guyana | 116.19 | 2.1% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 116.22 | 2.5% |
| 59th | Czechia | 116.48 | 2.8% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 116.74 | 0.4% |
| 61st | Canada | 116.76 | 1.9% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 116.86 | 2.8% |
| 63rd | Belgium | 117.11 | 1.4% |
| 64th | Vanuatu | 117.13 | 2.8% |
| 65th | United States | 117.24 | 1.8% |
| 66th | Samoa | 117.56 | 1.0% |
| 67th | Chad | 117.70 | -1.0% |
| 68th | Austria | 118.06 | 1.5% |
| 69th | Kosovo | 118.07 | 2.7% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 118.38 | 2.3% |
| 71st | Comoros | 118.44 | 3.6% |
| 72nd | Cameroon | 118.65 | 2.5% |
| 73rd | Bahrain | 118.77 | 1.0% |
| 74th | Albania | 119.05 | 1.4% |
| 75th | Saudi Arabia | 119.49 | -1.2% |
| 76th | Iraq | 119.62 | -0.2% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 119.62 | 1.7% |
| 78th | Australia | 119.80 | 1.6% |
| 79th | Djibouti | 120.25 | 3.3% |
| 80th | Norway | 120.27 | 2.2% |
| 81st | Palau | 121.15 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Malaysia | 121.46 | 0.7% |
| 83rd | Hungary | 121.64 | 3.3% |
| 84th | Panama | 122.07 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Estonia | 122.14 | 2.3% |
| 86th | Gabon | 122.63 | 2.5% |
| 87th | Romania | 123.78 | 3.8% |
| 88th | Ecuador | 124.14 | 0.3% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 124.35 | 1.5% |
| 90th | Congo, Republic of | 124.74 | 2.2% |
| 91st | China | 125.08 | 2.9% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 125.60 | 0.8% |
| 93rd | Kuwait | 126.60 | 1.1% |
| 94th | Tonga | 128.78 | 1.2% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | 128.85 | 2.1% |
| 96th | Iceland | 129.00 | 3.0% |
| 97th | Armenia | 129.18 | 1.4% |
| 98th | Philippines | 129.62 | 2.4% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 129.91 | 0.4% |
| 100th | Seychelles | 129.96 | 1.8% |
| 101st | Lebanon | 130.02 | 3.0% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 130.11 | 1.9% |
| 103rd | Peru | 130.29 | 2.3% |
| 104th | Chile | 131.91 | 2.6% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 132.17 | 1.8% |
| 106th | Fiji | 132.30 | 1.8% |
| 107th | Solomon Islands | 133.06 | 1.6% |
| 108th | Georgia | 133.61 | 4.9% |
| 109th | Barbados | 134.09 | 4.1% |
| 110th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 134.65 | 2.9% |
| 111th | Mauritania | 135.02 | 2.3% |
| 112th | Lao PDR | 135.87 | 3.3% |
| 113th | Maldives | 136.56 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Colombia | 140.95 | 3.5% |
| 115th | Mexico | 141.54 | 3.6% |
| 116th | Guatemala | 142.92 | 3.7% |
| 117th | Trinidad and Tobago | 143.17 | 1.0% |
| 118th | Paraguay | 143.82 | 2.8% |
| 119th | Serbia | 144.00 | 1.8% |
| 120th | Macao SAR, China | 144.05 | 2.8% |
| 121st | Timor-Leste | 146.77 | 1.0% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 148.32 | 1.8% |
| 123rd | Botswana | 149.75 | 2.8% |
| 124th | Afghanistan | 149.90 | 2.3% |
| 125th | Honduras | 150.34 | 4.4% |
| 126th | Rwanda | 151.07 | 3.3% |
| 127th | Indonesia | 151.18 | 3.0% |
| 128th | Algeria | 151.36 | 2.0% |
| 129th | Central African Republic | 151.79 | 2.7% |
| 130th | Tunisia | 155.33 | 6.7% |
| 131st | Sri Lanka | 155.53 | 3.5% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 155.68 | 1.1% |
| 133rd | Lesotho | 155.86 | 5.2% |
| 134th | Papua New Guinea | 155.91 | 3.9% |
| 135th | Azerbaijan | 156.89 | 2.6% |
| 136th | Namibia | 157.97 | 3.7% |
| 137th | South Africa | 158.93 | 4.1% |
| 138th | Jamaica | 162.49 | 3.9% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | 162.74 | 5.4% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | 163.52 | 2.8% |
| 141st | Moldova | 166.20 | 4.8% |
| 142nd | Eswatini | 166.82 | 2.6% |
| 143rd | Brazil | 167.40 | 3.7% |
| 144th | Myanmar | 168.18 | 8.8% |
| 145th | Bhutan | 169.95 | 2.7% |
| 146th | India | 171.62 | 3.7% |
| 147th | Gambia, The | 172.73 | 7.1% |
| 148th | Uganda | 176.05 | 2.9% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | 179.68 | 5.6% |
| 150th | Russian Federation | 180.75 | 4.5% |
| 151st | Burundi | 182.11 | -0.7% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | 182.32 | 10.6% |
| 153rd | Mozambique | 182.35 | 2.8% |
| 154th | Madagascar | 184.31 | 5.6% |
| 155th | Tanzania | 187.43 | 3.5% |
| 156th | Nepal | 187.80 | 5.6% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | 189.30 | 5.3% |
| 158th | Kenya | 189.97 | 5.2% |
| 159th | Mongolia | 195.76 | 7.3% |
| 160th | São Tomé and Principe | 199.38 | 7.7% |
| 161st | Uruguay | 202.92 | 7.9% |
| 162nd | Zambia | 212.31 | 9.2% |
| 163rd | Haiti | 212.83 | 18.7% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | 234.16 | 14.8% |
| 165th | Türkiye | 234.44 | 15.2% |
| 166th | Libya | 249.22 | -2.2% |
| 167th | Guinea | 262.88 | 9.5% |
| 168th | Nigeria | 267.51 | 11.4% |
| 169th | Ghana | 278.45 | 7.1% |
| 170th | Ukraine | 281.66 | 7.9% |
| 171st | Liberia | 283.30 | 27.0% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | 283.76 | 14.5% |
| 173rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 288.57 | 9.2% |
| 174th | Suriname | 294.68 | 11.6% |
| 175th | Angola | 379.60 | 17.1% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 414.68 | 255.3% |
| 177th | Malawi | 418.34 | 9.4% |
| 178th | Belarus | 508.34 | 5.6% |
| 179th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 550.93 | 39.9% |
| 180th | Syrian Arab Republic | 614.95 | 13.4% |
| 181st | Sudan | 1,344.19 | 51.0% |
| 182nd | South Sudan | 15,749.19 | 87.2% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's consumer price index in 2019?▾
South Africa's consumer price index in 2019 was 158.93. This ranked 137th globally.
How did South Africa's consumer price index change in 2019?▾
South Africa's consumer price index increased by 4.1% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest consumer price index in 2019?▾
South Sudan had the highest consumer price index in 2019 at 15,749.19.
What is the consumer price index of South Africa in 2019?▾
The consumer price index of South Africa in 2019 was 158.93. This ranked 137th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for South Africa's consumer price index?▾
South Africa's consumer price index went from 152.67 in 2018 to 158.93 in 2019, a 4.1% increase.
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