Trade balance in South Africa in 2025 — 8,156,197,563 US$. Ranked 31 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2,057.7%.
1960–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.16B | +386M | +4.97% |
| 2024 | 7.77B | +4.61B | +146.1% |
| 2023 | 3.16B | −5.53B | −63.66% |
| 2022 | 8.69B | −17.43B | −66.73% |
| 2021 | 26.12B | +11.27B | +75.94% |
| 2020 | 14.84B | +12.87B | +653.13% |
| 2019 | 1.97B | −89.84M | −4.36% |
| 2018 | 2.06B | −2.3B | −52.78% |
| 2017 | 4.36B | +2.91B | +199.13% |
| 2016 | 1.46B | +5.96B | +132.39% |
| 2015 | -4.51B | +1.21B | +21.12% |
| 2014 | -5.71B | +2.77B | +32.68% |
| 2013 | -8.48B | −2.82B | −49.75% |
| 2012 | -5.67B | −9.15B | −262.72% |
| 2011 | 3.48B | −1.36B | −28.12% |
| 2010 | 4.84B | +3.6B | +288.7% |
| 2009 | 1.25B | +5.88B | +126.91% |
| 2008 | -4.63B | −611M | −15.19% |
| 2007 | -4.02B | +755M | +15.8% |
| 2006 | -4.78B | −4.12B | −624.29% |
| 2005 | -659M | −331M | −100.53% |
| 2004 | -329M | −4.48B | −107.92% |
| 2003 | 4.15B | −234M | −5.34% |
| 2002 | 4.38B | −413M | −8.6% |
| 2001 | 4.8B | +870M | +22.16% |
| 2000 | 3.93B | +472M | +13.67% |
| 1999 | 3.45B | +1.92B | +125.2% |
| 1998 | 1.53B | −189M | −10.98% |
| 1997 | 1.72B | −481M | −21.81% |
| 1996 | 2.2B | +1.18B | +114.73% |
| 1995 | 1.03B | −2.02B | −66.3% |
| 1994 | 3.05B | −3.03B | −49.91% |
| 1993 | 6.08B | +806M | +15.28% |
| 1992 | 5.27B | +136M | +2.65% |
| 1991 | 5.14B | −995M | −16.22% |
| 1990 | 6.13B | +1.04B | +20.4% |
| 1989 | 5.09B | −889M | −14.86% |
| 1988 | 5.98B | −2.52B | −29.67% |
| 1987 | 8.51B | +2.75B | +47.79% |
| 1986 | 5.76B | +691M | +13.64% |
| 1985 | 5.06B | +3.7B | +271.93% |
| 1984 | 1.36B | −1.79B | −56.84% |
| 1983 | 3.16B | +3.47B | +1,101.69% |
| 1982 | -315M | +1.35B | +81.07% |
| 1981 | -1.66B | −8.13B | −125.72% |
| 1980 | 6.47B | +1.19B | +22.45% |
| 1979 | 5.28B | +2.24B | +73.54% |
| 1978 | 3.04B | +1.07B | +54.16% |
| 1977 | 1.97B | +2.41B | +555.44% |
| 1976 | -434M | +478M | +52.43% |
| 1975 | -911M | −710M | −352.03% |
| 1974 | -202M | −941M | −127.27% |
| 1973 | 739M | +214M | +40.66% |
| 1972 | 526M | +1.35B | +163.39% |
| 1971 | -829M | −196M | −31.02% |
| 1970 | -633M | −722M | −806.25% |
| 1969 | 89.6M | −360M | −80.06% |
| 1968 | 449M | +402M | +844.12% |
| 1967 | 47.6M | −217M | −82.01% |
| 1966 | 265M | +386M | +317.24% |
| 1965 | -122M | −321M | −161.27% |
| 1964 | 199M | −312M | −61.1% |
| 1963 | 511M | −232M | −31.26% |
| 1962 | 743M | +104M | +16.19% |
| 1961 | 640M | +262M | +69.26% |
| 1960 | 378M | — | — |
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The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.
Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
The value of goods shipped out and of services provided to non-residents, in US dollars.
Trade Imports of goods and servicesThe value of goods brought in and of services received from non-residents.
Finance Current account balance in US dollarsHow much more a country receives from abroad than it pays out there. A minus means it pays more.
Trade Trade opennessExports plus imports as a percent of GDP — total foreign trade turnover.
