South Africa Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

-10

Units In

Points

-20

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Sep 17, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 20 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
26 Mar 2018	-36 Jun 1985	-2.3 Points	1982-2025	Bureau for Economic Research (BER)

In South Africa, the BER Consumer Confidence Index covers 2,500 households in metropolitan areas, cities, towns and villages. The survey is made from personal at-home interviews and assesses general economic outlook, household’s economic condition and major spending purposes. The index is computed as the difference between the share of respondents expecting an improvement from the percentage expecting a deterioration. The indicator varies on a scale of -100 to 100; a value of -100 indicates extreme lack of confidence, 0 neutrality and 100 extreme confidence.

Latest Updates

The FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index for South Africa came in at -10 in Q2 2025, rebounding from a near two-year low of -20 in the previous three-month period. While the index is still well below the historical average of -1, the latest reading suggests a modest easing in consumer pessimism. All three sub-indices of the CCI recovered some lost ground during Q2, with the economic outlook sub-index rebounding from -32 to -18, supported by the cancellation of planned tax hikes and the resolution of the coalition’s budget impasse. The household finances sub-index improved from -1 to 9, while the sub-index measuring the appropriateness of the present time to buy durable goods rebounded from -28 to -21.