South Africa Government Budget

South Africa recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 4.60 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Budget in South Africa averaged -3.31 percent of GDP from 1989 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 1 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -7.40 percent of GDP in 1992.

Government Budget in South Africa is expected to be -4.50 percent of GDP by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Africa Government Budget is projected to trend around -4.00 percent of GDP in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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South Africa Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	53.10	51.60	53.10	27.80	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-4.60	-3.90	1.00	-7.40	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	-64891.00	17725.00	70466.00	-90538.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Spending	643445.00	642430.00	643445.00	65991.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Revenues	75792.00	160596.00	160596.00	36.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Government Debt	67998.00	70549.00	81061.00	11594.00	USD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	140683.00	142871.00	167009.00	46.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Credit Rating	48.59					[+]
Military Expenditure	3110.20	3171.80	5031.30	206.30	USD Million	[+]

Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - South Africa Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Government Budget - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-4.60	-3.90	1.00	-7.40	1989 - 2017	percent of GDP	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	-3.90	Dec/17	-4.6	3.7 : -6.4	%
Australia	-1.90	Dec/17	-2.4	2.2 : -4.2	%
Brazil	-7.80	Dec/17	-9	-2 : -10.2	%
Canada	-0.90	Dec/17	0	5.1 : -8.3	%
China	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.8	0.58 : -3.8	%
Euro Area	-0.90	Dec/17	-1.5	-0.5 : -7.3	%
France	-2.60	Dec/17	-3.4	1.5 : -7.2	%
Germany	1.70	Dec/18	1	1.7 : -9.4	%
India	-3.53	Dec/17	-3.52	-2.53 : -8.13	%
Indonesia	-1.76	Dec/18	-2.51	3.02 : -2.58	%
Italy	-2.10	Dec/18	-2.4	-1.5 : -7.3	%
Japan	-4.50	Dec/17	-4.5	2.58 : -9.5	%
Mexico	-2.90	Dec/17	-2.6	3.3 : -3.4	%
Netherlands	1.10	Dec/17	0.4	1.9 : -8.6	%
Russia	2.70	Dec/18	-1.5	9.88 : -7.9	%
Saudi Arabia	-8.90	Dec/17	-12.8	43.17 : -25.27	%
Singapore	0.40	Dec/18	0.3	21.23 : -1.2	%
South Africa	-4.60	Dec/17	-3.9	1 : -7.4	%
South Korea	-2.00	Dec/17	-2.4	3.47 : -4.1	%
Spain	-3.10	Dec/17	-4.5	2.2 : -11	%
Switzerland	1.20	Dec/17	0.4	1.9 : -3.2	%
Turkey	-1.50	Dec/17	-1.1	-0.6 : -33	%
United Kingdom	-2.00	Dec/18	-2.3	4.8 : -9.9	%
United States	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.2	4.5 : -9.8	%