South Africa Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Dec 31, 2025

Actual

-9

Units In

Points

-13

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Mar 25, 2026

Time to Release

3 Months 12 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
26 Mar 2018	-36 Jun 1985	-2.4 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 rose to -9 in Q4 2025, marking a one-year high, up from -13 in the previous period, likely influenced by holiday-season spending. All three sub-indices, including the economic outlook, household financial outlook, and timing for durable goods purchases, improved, with the strongest gain in the latter, which reached a six-year high. “Apart from a further interest rate cut and an appreciation in the rand exchange rate, a number of other positive developments likely buoyed consumer sentiment towards the end of the year,” FNB chief economist Mamello Matikinca-Ngwenya said. Among these were lower petrol prices, slowing food inflation, and an increase in Q3 employment.