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South Africa - GSSS Bond Issuance Total 1.28

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

Latest value

1.28 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 173 economies

Share of global total

0.5%

Growth since 2012

1.13×

Ranking Race — GSSS Bond Issuance Total

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#25#49#73#97#121#1452012201720222025#1#232021 overtook Ecuador2025 overtook Uzbekistan
South AfricaChinaEAP excluding ChinaLatin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Real annual global ranks, 2012 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #1 to #23 (overtook Ecuador). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for South Africa ↓

Key Events — South Africa

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2013
Fell 142 places in global rank auto
2014
Climbed 140 places in global rank auto
2015
Fell 140 places in global rank auto
2015
Credit rating downgrades curated

Fiscal and growth concerns trigger rating cuts.

2017
Climbed 125 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Deepest contraction in a century.

2021
Overtook Ecuador in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Uzbekistan in global rank auto

GSSS Bond Issuance Total, 2012-2025

IFC EM Sustainable Debt · USD billion · linear scale · ranking in the race above
201220172022202500.430.851.28

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