South Africa: Number of taxpayers versus the number of grant recipients, 2017/18 to 2025/26

Created	March 14, 2025
Credit	Treasury Budget Review: Estimates of individuals and taxable income; Social development expenditure; Social Grant Performance Report 2020/21
Category	Economy
Description	The number of registered taxpayers in South Africa with income over the taxable threshold and the number with income of R750,000 and above as well as the number of grant beneficiaries by financial year since 2017/18. The data is sourced from tables in the National Treasury's annual Budget Review documents.
Data rows	9
Headers	all taxpayers source grants financial year source taxpayers grant beneficiaries source table_grants link to budget review source table taxpayers Number of individuals with income of R750k plus a year

Data

all taxpayers	source grants	financial year	source taxpayers	grant beneficiaries	source table_grants	link to budget review	source table taxpayers	Number of individuals with income of R750k plus a year
7411042	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2018/review/Chapter%205.pdf	2017/18	Treasury budget 2017	17237000	Table 5.8 Social protection expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2017/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individual taxpayers and taxable income, 2017/18	483518
7487392	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2019/review/Chapter%205.pdf	2018/19	Treasury budget 2018	17616000	Table 5.8 Social protection expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2018/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.6 Estimates of individual taxpayers and taxable income, 2018/19	504449
7643157	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2020/review/Chapter%205.pdf	2019/20	Treasury budget 2019	17996000	Table 5.8 Social protection expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2019/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individual taxpayers and taxable income, 2019/20	544250
7146434	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2023/ene/Vote%2019%20Social%20Development.pdf; https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/PBO/National_Development_Plan_Analysis/2021/june/03-06-2021/May_2021_Social_Grant_fact_sheet.pdf	2020/21	Treasury budget 2020	24403252	Table 19.1 Performance indicators by programme and related priority; Table 6: Number of beneficiaries paid from the Covid -19 SRD Grant per Province (October 2020 number) as there were only 8 months of data available	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2020/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individual taxpayers and taxable income, 2020/21	574081
6960267	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2023/ene/Vote%2019%20Social%20Development.pdf	2021/22	Treasury budget 2021	27132594	Table 19.1 Performance indicators by programme and related priority and average grants paid out from SASSA 2021/22 Annual Report Presentation (12 October 2022)	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2021/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individuals and taxable income, 2021/22	534962
7445393	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2023/review/FullBR.pdf	2022/23	Treasury budget 2022	26604000	Table 5.8 Social development expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2022/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individuals and taxable income, 2022/23	608030
7122113	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2024/review/FullBR.pdf	2023/24	Treasury budget 2023	27782000	Table 5.6 Social development expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2023/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.6 Estimates of individuals and taxable income, 2023/24	762551
7409406	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2025/review/FullBR.pdf	2024/25	Treasury budget 2024	27108000	Table 5.8 Social development expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2024/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individuals and taxable income, 2024/25	861992
7888615	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2025/review/FullBR.pdf	2025/26	Treasury budget 2025	27663000	Table 5.8 Social development expenditure	https://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/national%20budget/2025/review/fullbr.pdf	Table 4.5 Estimates of individuals and taxable income, 2025/26	978140