Outstanding land restitution claims in South Africa
Total number of outstanding land restitution claims from 1998 remaining on South Africa's Land Commission backlog as of 17 August 2026. The dataset tracks the settlement backlog of old-order land restitution claims lodged prior to the original 31 December 1998 deadline.
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The data
14 rows, 2 columns.
- date Date
- date (see methodology) 2019-10-01 – 2026-08-17
- outstanding_claims Number
- Total number of unresolved or outstanding land restitution claims remaining on the Land Commission's backlog. 5160 – 8940
Latest rows
| date | outstanding_claims |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | 5160 |
| 2025-12-31 | 5245 |
| 2025-06-30 | 5364 |
| 2024-12-31 | 5931 |
| 2024-06-30 | 5994 |
| 2023-12-31 | 6139 |
| 2023-06-30 | 6302 |
| 2022-11-30 | 6571 |
| 2022-03-31 | 6685 |
| 2021-11-30 | 7148 |
| 2021-03-30 | 7268 |
| 2020-07-01 | 8447 |
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