South Africa Current Account (% of GDP)
South Africa's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
−0.4%
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1960 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
South Africa Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Africa, the current account rose by 0.2pp in 2025, from −0.6% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 2022.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −1.1% in 2023 to 3.8% in 2021.
Its average since 1960 is −1.0%, and the latest reading is above that.
South Africa is 19th of 35 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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