South Africa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) was 875.66 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 36.43% from 641.85 billion in 2015 (3.16% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 875.66 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 631.89 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 641.85 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 883.85 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 686 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 748.1 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 686 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, South Africa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) fell 0.9% on 2024 (from 883.85 billion to 875.66 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.4% and a typical year strayed about 8.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 40.5% in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.5% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 26.69 billion a year. A straight line explains 68% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, South Africa had the 23rd highest value of the 42 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to South Africa in the 2025 ranking
- Saudi Arabia — 20th of 42: 1.29 trillion
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 21st of 42: 1.2 trillion
- Nepal — 22nd of 42: 964.84 billion
- Australia — 24th of 42: 565.23 billion
- Haiti — 25th of 42: 463.8 billion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 26th of 42: 365.65 billion
What this measures
Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 875,660,381,300 |
| 2024 | 883,854,921,100 |
| 2023 | 873,278,560,000 |
| 2022 | 780,894,574,600 |
| 2021 | 668,694,444,500 |
| 2020 | 631,889,762,400 |
| 2019 | 721,831,968,000 |
| 2018 | 701,057,049,900 |
| 2017 | 678,269,900,200 |
| 2016 | 665,614,652,100 |
Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 7.6 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 4.14 trillion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.19 trillion (2022)
- Cameroon — 5.37 trillion (2025)
- Chad — 1.39 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 31.41 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 1.17 trillion (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 7.36 trillion (2025)
- Equatorial Guinea — 212.76 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for South Africa
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 9.32% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 44.9% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$20.32 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$126.24 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) — 5.58% (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$104.47 billion (2025)
- Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$21.77 billion (2025)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$1.74 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)
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Questions people ask
- What is South Africa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU)?
- 875.66 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 127,547% from 686 million in 1960 (11.63% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 883.85 billion in 2024 and the lowest 686 million in 1960.
- How does South Africa rank?
- 23rd highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) unusual for South Africa?
- In 2025, South Africa's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (current LCU) fell 0.9% on 2024 (from 883.85 billion to 875.66 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.4% and a typical year strayed about 8.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FPRV.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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