Average days taken to pay suppliers across South Africa's metros
How long South Africa’s eight metropolitan cities take to pay their suppliers, measured in days. Covers financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25, tracking whether cities meet the legal requirement to settle bills within 30 days based on Auditor-General audit reports.
No valid data to display
Ask about this data
Ask a question, or ask for a chart — “compare the provinces since 2015”.
Answers are written by AI from this dataset only and can be wrong — check them against the chart and the data below. A few questions are free. Questions are saved without personal details.
The data
40 rows, 4 columns.
- year Category
- Municipal financial year period (runs 1 July to 30 June, e.g., 2024/25). 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25
- metro Category
- Number of listings in each quarter Buffalo City Metro, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Johannesburg, Mangaung, Nelson Mandela Bay, Tshwane
- days_to_pay_creditors Number
- Average time taken by the municipality to pay its creditors, measured in days. 46 – 385
- note Category
- Explanation if data is missing Data not published in that financial year
First rows
| year | metro | days_to_pay_creditors | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | Buffalo City Metro | 101 | |
| 2021/22 | Buffalo City Metro | 138 | |
| 2022/23 | Buffalo City Metro | 181 | |
| 2023/24 | Buffalo City Metro | 169 | |
| 2024/25 | Buffalo City Metro | 76 | |
| 2020/21 | Cape Town | 69 | |
| 2021/22 | Cape Town | 71 | |
| 2022/23 | Cape Town | 71 | |
| 2023/24 | Cape Town | 68 | |
| 2024/25 | Cape Town | 46 | |
| 2020/21 | Ekurhuleni | 94 | |
| 2021/22 | Ekurhuleni | 100 |
Download all 40 rows: CSV JSON
Downloads of this dataset are for paid members. See plans or sign in