# South Africa GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

South Africa GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was up 0.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 4,754,800 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Among the 60 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 9th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.8% (Q2 2020) to 19.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.8%.

- Source agency: South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Web API
- Makrognosis code: `ZA.GDP.Q.REAL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR
- Coverage: 1996-03-31 to 2026-06-30 (122 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-africa/gdp-gross-domestic-product

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 4,754,800 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,766,238 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,746,211 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,728,597 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,714,498 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,677,096 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,674,738 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 4,656,169 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,669,733 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,657,791 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,653,792 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,635,745 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | −0.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,653,534 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,616,098 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,584,378 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,651,244 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 4.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,566,548 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 0.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,608,588 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 2.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,539,536 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 1.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,468,040 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 2.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,547,074 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | 19.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,484,831 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | −2.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,459,842 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | −2.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,340,244 R millions, constant 2015 prices, SAAR | −5.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.GDP.Q.REAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.GDP.Q.REAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```