Household consumption — all countries

Household consumption — South Africa

Household consumption in South Africa in 2025 — 281,232,278,663 US$. Ranked 32 in the world out of 131. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5,227%.

2025 281B US$ +8.46% vs 2024
World rank 32of 131
Period maximum 288B US$2011
Period minimum 5.28B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Household consumption — South Africa, 1960–20250100B200B300B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,279,397,888 US$1962: 5,724,597,710 US$1964: 6,908,997,236 US$1966: 8,063,996,774 US$1968: 9,714,596,114 US$1970: 12,375,995,050 US$1972: 14,461,608,508 US$1974: 22,361,316,130 US$1976: 23,815,355,954 US$1978: 29,115,707,279 US$1980: 47,867,709,936 US$1982: 50,078,466,333 US$1984: 50,106,522,368 US$1986: 43,391,952,498 US$1988: 64,042,687,207 US$1990: 80,969,852,600 US$1992: 95,640,834,863 US$1994: 98,962,803,967 US$1996: 105,351,379,825 US$1998: 100,319,044,228 US$2000: 99,585,998,976 US$2002: 80,914,205,416 US$2004: 162,872,270,710 US$2006: 193,148,081,259 US$2008: 199,280,533,960 US$2010: 260,299,338,239 US$2012: 279,326,184,070 US$2014: 242,809,614,317 US$2016: 204,768,369,554 US$2018: 259,239,863,545 US$2020: 211,713,917,263 US$2022: 258,499,764,641 US$2024: 259,302,664,003 US$2025: 281,232,278,663 US$
Change over the period: +276B (+5,226.98%) Average annual rate: 6.31 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa

South Africa 281B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.83T US$
Southern Africa computed 305B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 7.25T US$
Household consumption — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 281B +21.93B +8.46%
2024 259B +14.44B +5.9%
2023 245B −13.64B −5.28%
2022 258B −1.15B −0.44%
2021 260B +47.94B +22.64%
2020 212B −37.82B −15.16%
2019 250B −9.71B −3.74%
2018 259B +18.89B +7.86%
2017 240B +35.58B +17.38%
2016 205B −16.02B −7.26%
2015 221B −22.02B −9.07%
2014 243B −13.22B −5.16%
2013 256B −23.29B −8.34%
2012 279B −9.03B −3.13%
2011 288B +28.06B +10.78%
2010 260B +55.84B +27.31%
2009 204B +5.18B +2.6%
2008 199B −12.12B −5.73%
2007 211B +18.25B +9.45%
2006 193B +9.45B +5.14%
2005 184B +20.83B +12.79%
2004 163B +40.91B +33.54%
2003 122B +41.05B +50.73%
2002 80.91B −7.54B −8.52%
2001 88.45B −11.13B −11.18%
2000 99.59B −486M −0.49%
1999 100B −247M −0.25%
1998 100B −10.03B −9.09%
1997 110B +4.99B +4.74%
1996 105B −5.76B −5.19%
1995 111B +12.15B +12.28%
1994 98.96B +5.03B +5.35%
1993 93.93B −1.71B −1.78%
1992 95.64B +8.22B +9.41%
1991 87.42B +6.45B +7.96%
1990 80.97B +15.19B +23.09%
1989 65.78B +1.74B +2.71%
1988 64.04B +5.39B +9.19%
1987 58.65B +15.26B +35.17%
1986 43.39B +5.91B +15.76%
1985 37.49B −12.62B −25.19%
1984 50.11B −7.1B −12.41%
1983 57.21B +7.13B +14.24%
1982 50.08B −2.71B −5.14%
1981 52.79B +4.93B +10.29%
1980 47.87B +13.09B +37.64%
1979 34.78B +5.66B +19.45%
1978 29.12B +2.96B +11.3%
1977 26.16B +2.34B +9.84%
1976 23.82B −1.05B −4.23%
1975 24.87B +2.51B +11.2%
1974 22.36B +3.63B +19.36%
1973 18.73B +4.27B +29.55%
1972 14.46B +614M +4.43%
1971 13.85B +1.47B +11.89%
1970 12.38B +1.41B +12.81%
1969 10.97B +1.26B +12.93%
1968 9.71B +945M +10.78%
1967 8.77B +706M +8.75%
1966 8.06B +645M +8.7%
1965 7.42B +510M +7.38%
1964 6.91B +689M +11.07%
1963 6.22B +496M +8.66%
1962 5.72B +277M +5.09%
1961 5.45B +168M +3.18%
1960 5.28B

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure in current US dollars — everything people buy for themselves, from food and housing to services. This is the largest part of GDP in almost any country, usually between half and three quarters, and in absolute terms it sets the size of the consumer market. For gauging the capacity of a market the indicator is more useful than GDP: it includes neither government spending nor investment nor exports.

Important: It includes the imputed value of living in owner-occupied housing and other imputed services — computed quantities that statistical offices estimate unevenly.

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