South Africa's exports rose from US$35.5B in 1996 to US$134B in 2025.
South Africa · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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South Africa's imports rose from US$33.3B in 1996 to US$126B in 2025.
South Africa's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$29.2B in 1996 to US$116B in 2025.
South Africa's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$30.2B in 1996 to US$128B in 2025.
South Africa's services exports rose from US$5.07B in 1996 to US$18.1B in 2025.
South Africa's trade balance rose from US$2.2B in 1996 to US$8.16B in 2025.
South Africa's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-1.68B in 1996 to US$-1.81B in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −0.4 pts82nd of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −0.4 pts99th of 138
- Trade opennessdown −0.7 pts91st of 138
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- Current accountup +0.2 pts46th of 101
- FDI inflowsdown −1.1 pts88th of 97
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- High-tech exportsup +0.8 pts76th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −1.4 pts12th of 24
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.6 pts13th of 24
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.8 pts13th of 24
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.2 pts4th of 24
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +3.9 pts53rd of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.2 pts62nd of 143
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.6 pts85th of 91
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +9.5 %18th of 138