South Africa: Technical Assistance Report-Report on Government Finance Statistics Mission (October 7-18, 2024)
May 14, 2025
Summary
A technical assistance mission from the IMF’s Statistics Department visited South Africa during October 7-18, 2024, to support the authorities in improving compilation and dissemination of Government finance statistics (GFS) and public sector debt statistics (PSDS). The mission worked with the South African Reserve Bank, National Treasury and Statistics South Africa on a number of issues including the classification and definition of the general government, the classification of specific transactions in line with the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, the internal consistency of data, and the consistency of fiscal data published by the three different institutions.
Subject: Business enterprises, Economic and financial statistics, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Public sector
Keywords: Africa, authorities of South Africa, Business enterprises, D. road accident fund GFS compilation, Financial statistics, General Government, government employees pension fund, Government Finance Statistics, IMF's statistics department, Public Debt, Public sector, Public Sector Debt Statistics, road accident fund RAF, South Africa., Southern Africa
Pages:
39
Volume:
2025
DOI:
Issue:
057
Series:
Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/057
Stock No:
TAREA2025057
ISBN:
9798229010641
ISSN:
3005-4575





