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South Africa – GDP Growth 2024

Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. A negative value indicates economic contraction. · World Bank
0.53% −0.27pp from 2023 G20 rank: 168th

South Africa's gdp growth was 0.53% in 2024, decreased +0.27pp from 0.81% in 2023. This was the 168th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2024
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Guyana 43.82% 29.7%
2nd Niger 10.30% 517.6%
3rd Georgia 9.68% 23.6%
4th Kyrgyz Republic 9.04% 0.3%
5th Rwanda 8.89% 7.8%
6th Monaco 8.51% 56.3%
7th Tajikistan 8.40% 1.2%
8th Macao SAR, China 7.85% -89.6%
9th Benin 7.45% 17.3%
10th Cabo Verde 7.24% 51.1%
11th Viet Nam 7.09% 40.0%
12th Djibouti 6.98% 2.5%
13th Aruba 6.81% -11.6%
14th Malta 6.80% -36.0%
15th Togo 6.53% 5.5%
16th Uzbekistan 6.50% 3.3%
17th India 6.49% -29.3%
18th Mauritania 6.31% -7.4%
19th Turkmenistan 6.30% 0.0%
20th Congo, Democratic Republic of 6.13% -28.2%
21st Senegal 6.06% 42.4%
22nd Uganda 6.06% 13.5%
23rd Côte d'Ivoire 6.02% -8.8%
24th Cambodia 5.98% 19.3%
25th Bermuda 5.97% 21.5%
26th Armenia 5.90% -28.9%
27th Philippines 5.69% 3.1%
28th Turks and Caicos Islands 5.64% -58.9%
29th Ghana 5.59% 78.0%
30th Gambia, The 5.55% -6.2%
31st Tanzania 5.53% 9.0%
32nd Guinea 5.35% -3.5%
33rd Kiribati 5.27% 98.6%
34th Mongolia 5.12% -31.0%
35th Malaysia 5.11% 44.3%
36th Indonesia 5.03% -0.4%
37th Curaçao 5.03% 19.6%
38th Sri Lanka 5.01% 315.0%
39th Kazakhstan 5.00% -2.0%
40th Mali 4.99% 5.6%
41st China 4.98% -8.1%
42nd Dominican Republic 4.95% 126.0%
43rd Mauritius 4.93% -1.7%
44th Burkina Faso 4.80% 60.0%
45th Samoa 4.75% -68.8%
46th Kenya 4.72% -17.4%
47th Kosovo 4.57% 12.4%
48th Angola 4.42% 250.2%
49th Singapore 4.39% 140.9%
50th Russian Federation 4.34% 6.4%
51st Costa Rica 4.32% -15.5%
52nd Sierra Leone 4.29% -24.8%
53rd Paraguay 4.25% -15.0%
54th Bangladesh 4.22% -26.9%
55th Madagascar 4.20% -0.1%
56th Chad 4.20% 5.5%
57th Guinea-Bissau 4.15% -28.8%
58th Lao PDR 4.13% 10.3%
59th Burundi 4.11% 26.3%
60th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.11% -1.5%
61st Azerbaijan 4.07% 200.6%
62nd Nigeria 4.06% 22.1%
63rd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.06% -23.7%
64th Brunei Darussalam 4.05% 259.4%
65th Albania 4.05% 0.8%
66th Liberia 4.02% -14.1%
67th Belarus 4.01% -2.8%
68th United Arab Emirates 3.99% -7.2%
69th Grenada 3.96% -12.4%
70th Serbia 3.95% 5.4%
71st Cyprus 3.94% 8.9%
72nd St. Lucia 3.89% 76.1%
73rd Croatia 3.83% 1.7%
74th Zambia 3.82% -28.8%
75th Papua New Guinea 3.80% -0.3%
76th Morocco 3.79% 3.8%
77th Namibia 3.71% -16.5%
78th Algeria 3.70% -9.8%
79th Nepal 3.67% 84.9%
80th Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.66% -31.3%
81st Antigua and Barbuda 3.66% 50.6%
82nd Guatemala 3.65% 3.4%
83rd Nicaragua 3.59% -19.0%
84th Honduras 3.55% -0.6%
85th Fiji 3.53% -62.6%
86th Cameroon 3.52% 5.3%
87th Belize 3.50% 600.8%
88th Maldives 3.49% -29.3%
89th Denmark 3.48% 475.2%
90th Seychelles 3.47% 53.4%
91st Spain 3.46% 40.4%
92nd Brazil 3.42% 5.5%
93rd Gabon 3.39% 39.2%
94th Bulgaria 3.39% 101.4%
95th Bahamas, The 3.38% 10.8%
96th Andorra 3.37% 30.5%
97th Comoros 3.34% 11.4%
98th Türkiye 3.33% -34.0%
99th Peru 3.30% 919.3%
100th Puerto Rico (US) 3.18% 334.3%
101st Montenegro 3.16% -51.2%
102nd Uruguay 3.11% 318.8%
103rd Pakistan 3.05% 834.8%
104th Poland 3.03% 1,113.3%
105th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.00% -21.1%
106th Solomon Islands 3.00% 5.5%
107th North Macedonia 2.99% 17.2%
108th Eswatini 2.97% -15.8%
109th Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.97% 49.0%
110th Ukraine 2.91% -47.4%
111th Lesotho 2.85% 56.3%
112th United States 2.79% -3.3%
113th Lithuania 2.77% 710.1%
114th Panama 2.75% -61.7%
115th Chile 2.64% 407.2%
116th Bahrain 2.60% -32.9%
117th El Salvador 2.60% -26.5%
118th Ireland 2.60% 202.5%
119th Congo, Republic of 2.58% 35.3%
120th Thailand 2.54% 26.0%
121st Trinidad and Tobago 2.51% 71.1%
122nd Hong Kong SAR, China 2.50% -22.3%
123rd Marshall Islands 2.50% 150.0%
124th Jordan 2.49% -13.7%
125th Barbados 2.48% -14.8%
126th Egypt, Arab Republic of 2.40% -36.2%
127th Qatar 2.36% 53.2%
128th Mozambique 2.15% -60.8%
129th Portugal 2.14% -31.0%
130th Norway 2.10% 2,808.0%
131st Greece 2.09% -2.3%
132nd Dominica 2.05% -43.8%
133rd Korea 2.00% 26.6%
134th Saudi Arabia 2.00% 268.0%
135th Slovak Republic 1.94% -8.2%
136th Libya 1.90% -81.4%
137th Zimbabwe 1.74% -67.4%
138th Slovenia 1.73% -27.1%
139th Suriname 1.72% -28.8%
140th Malawi 1.67% -14.0%
141st Oman 1.63% 15.4%
142nd Tunisia 1.61% 777.3%
143rd Colombia 1.60% 124.4%
144th Canada 1.55% 1.7%
145th Central African Republic 1.50% 114.3%
146th Mexico 1.43% -57.4%
147th Nauru 1.39% 98.6%
148th Australia 1.37% -61.7%
149th Switzerland 1.30% 90.6%
150th New Zealand 1.29% -7.6%
151st Czechia 1.23% 2,491.6%
152nd France 1.19% -17.3%
153rd United Kingdom 1.13% 314.7%
154th French Polynesia 1.13% -59.4%
155th São Tomé and Principe 1.10% 195.5%
156th Netherlands 1.08% 280.7%
157th Belgium 1.07% -37.6%
158th European Union 1.06% 134.3%
159th Vanuatu 0.94% -55.0%
160th Romania 0.92% -59.4%
161st Equatorial Guinea 0.91% 117.8%
162nd Israel 0.87% -52.3%
163rd Faroe Islands 0.84% -73.3%
164th Sweden 0.82% 501.9%
165th Micronesia, Federated States of 0.72% 58.7%
166th Italy 0.69% -29.0%
167th Hungary 0.56% 168.5%
168th South Africa 0.53% -33.7%
169th Finland 0.42% 144.3%
170th Luxembourg 0.36% 260.6%
171st St. Kitts and Nevis 0.31% -89.7%
172nd Japan 0.10% -92.9%
173rd Moldova 0.10% -91.4%
174th Latvia -0.05% 95.1%
175th Estonia -0.09% 96.7%
176th Germany -0.50% 43.0%
177th Jamaica -0.54% -119.5%
178th Austria -0.66% 16.2%
179th Iceland -0.97% -118.7%
180th Myanmar -0.97% -201.4%
181st Cuba -1.06% 45.0%
182nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of -1.12% -144.6%
183rd Argentina -1.34% 27.6%
184th Iraq -1.55% -398.5%
185th Ecuador -2.00% -200.7%
186th Kuwait -2.56% -53.6%
187th Botswana -2.99% -193.2%
188th Haiti -4.17% -123.7%
189th Timor-Leste -9.10% 49.8%
190th New Caledonia -13.50% -582.1%
191st Sudan -13.96% 52.6%
192nd West Bank and Gaza -26.56% -482.9%