# South Africa Government Debt to GDP

South Africa Government Debt to GDP was 78.4% in Q3 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 1.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 1996.
Among the 38 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 14th highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 44.9% (Q3 2016) to 78.4% (Q3 2026), averaging 63.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Treasury FiscalData
- Makrognosis code: `ZA.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1996-03-01 to 2026-09-01 (123 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-africa/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 78.4% |
| Q2 2026 | 78.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 75.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 76.6% |
| Q3 2025 | 77.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 77.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 76.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 75.9% |
| Q3 2024 | 74.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 73.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 72.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 72.4% |
| Q3 2023 | 71.8% |
| Q2 2023 | 70.8% |
| Q1 2023 | 69.0% |
| Q4 2022 | 69.9% |
| Q3 2022 | 68.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 67.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 66.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 67.6% |
| Q3 2021 | 67.1% |
| Q2 2021 | 64.7% |
| Q1 2021 | 65.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 64.4% |

## API

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

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