South Africa recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 76.90 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - South Africa Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Households Debt in South Africa increased to 62.60 percent of gross income in 2023 from 62 percent in 2022. This dataset provides - South Africa Households Debt To Income- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

External Debt in South Africa decreased to 168379 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 176314 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - South Africa External Debt - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for General government gross debt for South Africa (GGGDTAZAA188N) from 2000 to 2024 about South Africa, gross, debt, and government.

This dataset is about countries per year in Southern Africa. It has 320 rows. It features 4 columns: country, central government debt, and incidence of HIV.

Government Debt in South Africa decreased to 79897 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 81821 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - South Africa Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

South Africa ZA: External Debt: Multilateral Debt: % of Total External Debt data was reported at 2.791 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.531 % for 2015. South Africa ZA: External Debt: Multilateral Debt: % of Total External Debt data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2016, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.893 % in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1998. South Africa ZA: External Debt: Multilateral Debt: % of Total External Debt data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Multilateral debt to total external debt stocks.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Context

This data has been extracted from the billing systems of 8 Municipalities in South Africa over a 2 year period and summarised according to their total amount billed versus the total amount paid. For each account there is an indicator of whether that account resulted in a Bad Debt.

This is a Classification exercise with the aim of finding out whether it is feasible to determine the probability of an account becoming a Bad Debt so that it will be possible to forecast the number (and value) of accounts that are at risk of developing into a Bad Debt.

Content

AccCategoryID: (Account Category ID) The numeric link in the database to the Account Category AccCategory: (Account Category) A classification of the type of account AccCategoryAbbr: (Account Category Abbreviation) An abbreviation of the classification of the type of account - to be used for One-hot encoding PropertyValue: (Property Value) The market value of the property PropertySize: (Property Size) The size of the property in square metres TotalBilling: (Total Billing) The total amount billed to the account for all services AverageBilling: (Average Billing) The average amount billed to the account for all services TotalReceipting: (Total Receipting) The total amount receipted to the account for all services AverageReceipting: (Average Receipting) The average amount receipted to the account for all services TotalDebt: (Total Debt) The Total Debt that is at 90 days or more TotalWriteOff: (Total Write Off) The Total amount of debt that has been written off CollectionRatio: (Collection Ratio) The ratio between the Total Receipting and Total Billing (ie. Total Receipting/Total Billing) DebtBillingRatio: (Billing Debt Ratio) The ratio between the Total Debt and Total Billing (ie. (Total Debt + Total Write Off)/Total Billing) TotalElectricityBill: (Total Electricity Bill) The total amount billed for electricity. This field was put in place because it is used as a means to recover debt - ie. If an amount is outstanding for any service the municipality has the right to cut a consumer's electricity connection. HasIDNo: (Has ID No.) The consumer has an ID number. This is similar to a Social Security number in the US and can be useful in legal proceedings. A consumer without any ID No. details is a lot harder to collect debt from. In addition, this field denotes that the account is held by a person and not a business. However, it is not very reliable as it's often not captured properly or at all. BadDebtIndic: (Bad Debt Indicator) 1 = Is considered to be a Bad Debt, 0 = Not considered to be a Bad Debt

Inspiration

I welcome any feedback on the dataset as well as my methodology in classifying and modelling this dataset. The kernel that I have run against this dataset is my first and I am now working on a second attempt with different parameters. Any advice, criticisms etc - will be much appreciated

This dataset is about countries per year in South Africa. It has 1 row and is filtered where the date is 2021. It features 4 columns: country, central government debt, and renewable energy consumption.

ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities, Loans, SDRs, Currency and Deposits, Other Account Payable data was reported at 0.000 % in Dec 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 75.419 % for Sep 2024. ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities, Loans, SDRs, Currency and Deposits, Other Account Payable data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 % from Mar 1995 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 120 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 75.419 % in Sep 2024 and a record low of 0.000 % in Dec 2024. ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities, Loans, SDRs, Currency and Deposits, Other Account Payable data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government.

Households Debt in South Africa decreased to 33.70 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 33.90 percent of GDP in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - South Africa Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities data was reported at 53.580 % in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 52.256 % for Mar 2018. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities data is updated quarterly, averaging 42.743 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 53.580 % in Jun 2018 and a record low of 27.753 % in Dec 2009. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Debt Securities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data was reported at 63.383 % in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 59.386 % for Jun 2024. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data is updated quarterly, averaging 45.438 % from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64.697 % in Jun 2020 and a record low of 29.656 % in Mar 2010. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Financial Public Corporations.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data was reported at 4,659,777.756 ZAR mn in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,345,575.228 ZAR mn for Jun 2024. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data is updated quarterly, averaging 2,259,130.972 ZAR mn from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,659,777.756 ZAR mn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 874,141.029 ZAR mn in Mar 2010. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: Financial Public Corporations: Debt Securities: Market Value data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: Financial Public Corporations.

ZA: Gross Public Debt: Long Term: Over 1 Year data was reported at 5,405,633.351 ZAR mn in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,325,227.285 ZAR mn for Jun 2024. ZA: Gross Public Debt: Long Term: Over 1 Year data is updated quarterly, averaging 2,570,087.603 ZAR mn from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,405,633.351 ZAR mn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 950,298.408 ZAR mn in Mar 2010. ZA: Gross Public Debt: Long Term: Over 1 Year data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt.

ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities data was reported at 298.580 USD bn in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 276.364 USD bn for Jun 2024. ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities data is updated quarterly, averaging 171.819 USD bn from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 298.580 USD bn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 114.736 USD bn in Mar 2010. ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: General Government.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Non Financial Public Corporations: Long Term: Over 1 Year: Debt Securities data was reported at 6.742 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.472 % for Dec 2017. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Non Financial Public Corporations: Long Term: Over 1 Year: Debt Securities data is updated quarterly, averaging 6.566 % from Sep 2009 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.464 % in Dec 2015 and a record low of 4.509 % in Sep 2009. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Non Financial Public Corporations: Long Term: Over 1 Year: Debt Securities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Non Financial Public Corporations.

ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: General Government: Loans data was reported at 3.043 % in Sep 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.263 % for Jun 2024. ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: General Government: Loans data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.334 % from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.851 % in Sep 2020 and a record low of 1.523 % in Mar 2019. ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: General Government: Loans data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: General Government.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities and Loans data was reported at 311.597 USD bn in Sep 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 289.483 USD bn for Jun 2024. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities and Loans data is updated quarterly, averaging 180.391 USD bn from Mar 2010 (Median) to Sep 2024, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 311.597 USD bn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 123.044 USD bn in Mar 2010. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government: Debt Securities and Loans data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank.QPSD: Gross Public Debt: General Government.

South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Short Term data was reported at 6.186 % in Mar 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.328 % for Dec 2017. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Short Term data is updated quarterly, averaging 5.030 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.328 % in Dec 2017 and a record low of 4.060 % in Dec 2009. South Africa ZA: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government: Short Term data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s South Africa – Table ZA.World Bank: QPSD: Gross Public Debt: % of GDP: Central Government.