{
  "id": "gdp-annual-growth",
  "title": "Annual GDP growth",
  "description": "South Africa's real GDP grew 1.1% for the full year 2025, the strongest annual rate since 2022. Growth was broad-based despite ongoing headwinds from high borrowing costs and slow global demand. Manufacturing registered its second year of negative growth; construction posted its ninth straight year of decline.",
  "unit": "%",
  "category": "gdp",
  "latest": {
    "value": 1.1,
    "display": "1.1%"
  },
  "source": {
    "publisher": "Statistics South Africa",
    "publication": "Gross Domestic Product Q4 2025",
    "url": "https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854&PPN=P0441",
    "releasedOn": "2026-03-10"
  },
  "checkedOn": "2026-10-19",
  "page": "https://sadatahub.tech/series/gdp-annual-growth",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "Statistics South Africa (2026). Gross Domestic Product Q4 2025. Series \"Annual GDP growth\" via SA Data Hub, https://sadatahub.tech/series/gdp-annual-growth (checked 2026-10-19).",
  "points": [
    {
      "period": "2015",
      "value": 1.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2016",
      "value": 0.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 1.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 1.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 0.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": -6.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 4.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 1.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 0.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 0.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 1.1
    }
  ],
  "revisions": [],
  "changeLog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-19",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "GDP growth updated to Q2 2026 (−0.2% q/q). Annual growth (1.1%), nominal GDP (R7.67T) and per-capita (R120,800) unchanged pending rebasing to 2022 base year (expected Oct 2026). Quarterly points before Q1 2026 not re-verified. Series name renamed to \"GDP Growth (%, QoQ, seasonally adjusted)\" per D2c."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "GDP quarterly indicators and coverage range validated for registry consistency."
    }
  ]
}