Economics

South Africa to Overhaul GDP Data From September

Base year for measuring GDP to change to 2015 from 2010
GDP estimates from second quarter to be done with new weights

Pedestrians walk along a roadway back-dropped by commercial and residential buildings in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa.Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

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By Prinesha Naidoo

January 20, 2020 at 4:24 PM UTC

Updated on

January 21, 2020 at 8:24 AM UTC

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South Africa’s statistics agency will overhaul economic output data and revise the weights of the various sectors that are used to calculate gross domestic product.