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South Africa - Corporate GSSS Issuance 0.54

IFC EM Sustainable Debt · updated 2026-10-03 · 173 economies tracked

Latest value

0.54 (2025)

Global rank

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Growth since 2012

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Ranking Race — Corporate GSSS Issuance

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#25#49#73#97#121#1452012201720222025#143#202022 overtook Georgia2025 overtook Argentina
South AfricaChinaEurope & Central Asia (excluding high income)Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)EAP excluding China

Real annual global ranks, 2012 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #143 to #20 (overtook Georgia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for South Africa ↓

Key Events — South Africa

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2015
Credit rating downgrades curated

Fiscal and growth concerns trigger rating cuts.

2019
Climbed 129 places in global rank auto
2020
Fell 130 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Deepest contraction in a century.

2021
Climbed 119 places in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Georgia in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Argentina in global rank auto

Corporate GSSS Issuance, 2012-2025

IFC EM Sustainable Debt · USD billion · linear scale · ranking in the race above
201220172022202500.180.360.54

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