In the fourth quarter of 2025, consumers in South Africa spent an estimated 3.28 trillion South African rand in total, which demonstrates a slight increase from the fourth quarter of 2024. The coronavirus pandemic had a noticeable impact on the wallets of South African consumers. During the second quarter of 2020, household consumer spending amounted to about 2.4 trillion South African Rand.
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SARB. (May 4, 2026). Quarterly consumer spending in South Africa from Q1 2018 to Q4 2025 (in trillion South African Rand) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/233147/total-consumer-spending-in-south-africa/
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SARB. (2026). Quarterly consumer spending in South Africa from Q1 2018 to Q4 2025 (in trillion South African Rand). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233147/total-consumer-spending-in-south-africa/
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