GDP growth (annual %)

RecordSTO-S3BVB2EQY8-H8DJ4KS07T-6SKW70

5.28%

South Africa · 2005

GDP growth in South Africa (annual %) was 5.28% in 2005 (World Bank).

Original source

Publisher: World Bank
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: World Bank GDP real annual growth rate
Locator: NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG: {"countryiso3code":"ZAF","date":"2005","indicator.id":"NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG"}
Retrieved: 2 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG, ZA, 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31: 5.27705197295467 percent (scale 1).

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World Bank. (2005). World Bank GDP real annual growth rate. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?format=json&per_page=20000. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: World Bank. "World Bank GDP real annual growth rate." 2005, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70.
Chicago: World Bank. "World Bank GDP real annual growth rate." 2005. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed October 2, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70.
BibTeX: @misc{worldbank2005growth6skw70, author = {{World Bank}}, title = {World Bank GDP real annual growth rate}, year = {2005}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?format=json\&per\_page=20000. Accessed October 2, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: World Bank · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: World Bank GDP real annual growth rate
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: d95fabbb5731225261778b7febda96eceadd66a557ce81a9f3255520703ad0b6
Response retrieved: 2 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG: {"countryiso3code":"ZAF","date":"2005","indicator.id":"NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG"}
Retrieved: 2 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 2 October 2026
Last revision: 2 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70

Same indicator, other countries

2005 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Azerbaijan	28%	World Bank	Open record
Chad	17.3%	World Bank	Open record
Equatorial Guinea	16.7%	World Bank	Open record
Angola	14.2%	World Bank	Open record
Armenia	13.9%	World Bank	Open record
Myanmar	13.6%	World Bank	Open record
Cambodia	13.3%	World Bank	Open record
Grenada	13.3%	World Bank	Open record
Turkmenistan	13%	World Bank	Open record
Libya	11.9%	World Bank	Open record
Ethiopia	11.8%	World Bank	Open record
Latvia	11.6%	World Bank	Open record
China	11.5%	World Bank	Open record
Palestine	11.3%	World Bank	Open record
Afghanistan	11.2%	World Bank	Open record

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Record last modified 2 October 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_S3BVB2EQY8H8DJ4KS07T6SKW70.