National CPI, Growth rate: Consumer price index … items less 1999 in South Africa
South Africa: National CPI, Growth rate: Consumer price index … items less 1999 was 4.2 Percent per annum in 2024. ▲ Rising
National CPI, Growth rate over one year, All countries, All items in South Africa, 2003–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percent per annum.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 4.2 Percent per annum for national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.0% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items in South Africa peaked at 7.77 Percent per annum in 2008 and was at its lowest, -1.57 Percent per annum, in 2004.
That places South Africa 8th out of 33 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
National CPI, Growth rate: Consumer price index … items less 1999 in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Percent per annum | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5.41 Percent per annum | — |
| 2004 | -1.57 Percent per annum | -129.0% |
| 2005 | 1.68 Percent per annum | -207.3% |
| 2006 | 2.33 Percent per annum | +38.4% |
| 2007 | 5.21 Percent per annum | +123.9% |
| 2008 | 7.77 Percent per annum | +49.1% |
| 2009 | 7.45 Percent per annum | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 4 Percent per annum | -46.3% |
| 2011 | 3.49 Percent per annum | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 4.64 Percent per annum | +33.1% |
| 2013 | 5.22 Percent per annum | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 5.53 Percent per annum | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 5.34 Percent per annum | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 5.49 Percent per annum | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 4.59 Percent per annum | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 4.16 Percent per annum | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 4.12 Percent per annum | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 3.36 Percent per annum | -18.6% |
| 2021 | 3.12 Percent per annum | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 4.56 Percent per annum | +46.0% |
| 2023 | 5.06 Percent per annum | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 4.2 Percent per annum | -17.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where National CPI, Growth rate: Consumer price index … items less 1999 in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +207.3% | -1.57 Percent per annum | 1.68 Percent per annum |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.04 Percent per annum | -1.57 Percent per annum | 7.77 Percent per annum | 7 |
| 2010s | 4.66 Percent per annum | 3.49 Percent per annum | 5.53 Percent per annum | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.06 Percent per annum | 3.12 Percent per annum | 5.06 Percent per annum | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 5 Latvia 3.71 Percent per annum compare
- 5 Russia 5.46 Percent per annum compare
- 6 Hungary 5.17 Percent per annum compare
- 6 Netherlands 3.42 Percent per annum compare
- 7 Poland 3.27 Percent per annum compare
- 7 Bulgaria 4.5 Percent per annum compare
- 9 United Kingdom 4.1 Percent per annum compare
- 10 Iceland 3.88 Percent per annum compare
- 11 Slovenia 2.16 Percent per annum compare
- 11 United States 3.56 Percent per annum compare
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 108.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 6.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0145 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 95.75 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0106 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 69.91 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -28.9 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items in South Africa?
- National cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items in South Africa was 4.2 Percent per annum in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.77 Percent per annum in 2008.
- What is the lowest national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.57 Percent per annum in 2004.
- How does South Africa rank for national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items?
- South Africa ranks 8th out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is national cpi, growth rate over one year, all countries, all items rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of National CPI, Growth rate over one year, All countries, All items less food and energy, COICOP 1999 — Consumer price index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains statistics on national Consumer Price Indices for all items less food and energy (COICOP 1999). For countries for which data are already available according to the COICOP 2018 classification, statistics on CPIs for all items less food and energy can be found in dataset National CPI, Growth rate over one year, All countries, All items less food and energy, COICOP 2018. Data are available monthly for all the countries except for Australia and New Zealand (quarterly data).