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Consumer price index — South Africa

Consumer price index in South Africa in 2025 — 209.92 index. Ranked 47 in the world out of 165. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11,725.5%.

2025 209.92 index +3.21% vs 2024
World rank 47of 165
Period maximum 209.92 index2025
Period minimum 1.78 index1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · index, 2010 = 100

Consumer price index — South Africa, 1960–2025010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.78 index1962: 1.84 index1964: 1.91 index1966: 2.05 index1968: 2.17 index1970: 2.35 index1972: 2.65 index1974: 3.24 index1976: 4.08 index1978: 5.04 index1980: 6.49 index1982: 8.58 index1984: 10.74 index1986: 14.82 index1988: 19.42 index1990: 25.47 index1992: 33.45 index1994: 39.98 index1996: 46.65 index1998: 54.14 index2000: 59.99 index2002: 69.43 index2004: 72.87 index2006: 76.78 index2008: 89.61 index2010: 100 index2012: 111.03 index2014: 124.65 index2016: 138.88 index2018: 152.67 index2020: 164.07 index2022: 183.73 index2024: 203.4 index2025: 209.92 index
Change over the period: +208.14 (+11,725.5%) Average annual rate: 7.62 %
Consumer price index — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2025 209.92 +6.52 +3.21%
2024 203.4 +8.5 +4.36%
2023 194.9 +11.16 +6.08%
2022 183.73 +12.08 +7.04%
2021 171.65 +7.58 +4.62%
2020 164.07 +5.14 +3.23%
2019 158.93 +6.26 +4.1%
2018 152.67 +6.59 +4.51%
2017 146.08 +7.2 +5.19%
2016 138.88 +8.6 +6.6%
2015 130.28 +5.63 +4.52%
2014 124.65 +7.2 +6.13%
2013 117.44 +6.42 +5.78%
2012 111.03 +6.02 +5.74%
2011 105 +5 +5%
2010 100 +3.91 +4.07%
2009 96.09 +6.49 +7.24%
2008 89.61 +8.08 +9.91%
2007 81.53 +4.74 +6.18%
2006 76.78 +2.41 +3.24%
2005 74.37 +1.5 +2.06%
2004 72.87 −0.51 −0.69%
2003 73.38 +3.94 +5.68%
2002 69.43 +6.02 +9.49%
2001 63.41 +3.42 +5.7%
2000 59.99 +3.04 +5.34%
1999 56.95 +2.81 +5.18%
1998 54.14 +3.49 +6.88%
1997 50.66 +4.01 +8.6%
1996 46.65 +3.2 +7.35%
1995 43.45 +3.47 +8.68%
1994 39.98 +3.28 +8.94%
1993 36.7 +3.25 +9.72%
1992 33.45 +4.08 +13.87%
1991 29.38 +3.91 +15.33%
1990 25.47 +3.19 +14.32%
1989 22.28 +2.86 +14.73%
1988 19.42 +2.2 +12.78%
1987 17.22 +2.4 +16.16%
1986 14.82 +2.33 +18.65%
1985 12.49 +1.75 +16.29%
1984 10.74 +1.11 +11.53%
1983 9.63 +1.06 +12.3%
1982 8.58 +1.1 +14.64%
1981 7.48 +0.99 +15.25%
1980 6.49 +0.78 +13.66%
1979 5.71 +0.67 +13.29%
1978 5.04 +0.51 +11.14%
1977 4.54 +0.46 +11.15%
1976 4.08 +0.41 +11.02%
1975 3.68 +0.44 +13.43%
1974 3.24 +0.34 +11.72%
1973 2.9 +0.25 +9.43%
1972 2.65 +0.16 +6.43%
1971 2.49 +0.14 +5.96%
1970 2.35 +0.11 +4.99%
1969 2.24 +0.07 +3.24%
1968 2.17 +0.04 +1.99%
1967 2.13 +0.07 +3.54%
1966 2.05 +0.07 +3.49%
1965 1.98 +0.08 +4.07%
1964 1.91 +0.05 +2.53%
1963 1.86 +0.02 +1.34%
1962 1.84 +0.02 +1.25%
1961 1.81 +0.04 +2.1%
1960 1.78

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The consumer price index: the level of prices for the consumer basket relative to a base year taken as one hundred. Unlike inflation, which shows the change over a year, the index shows the accumulated result, and the difference between the two is large: a country with inflation of twenty percent a year reaches an index above six hundred in ten years. It is the index, not the annual percentages, that shows how many times over money has lost its value.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: the base year differs between countries, and indexes with different bases do not add up under any weight. For comparing countries there is annual inflation.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.