South Africa — Current account (USD)

millions of USD · Annual · 1948–2030 · 83 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series reports the amount in millions of US dollars.

The current account reading for South Africa was −1.81B USD in 2025. The previous reading was −2.58B USD in 2024; the period change was +772.57M USD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −2.09% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2014–2030

PeriodValue
2030-9.91B USD
2029-9.51B USD
2028-8.43B USD
2027-7.21B USD
2026-9.33B USD
12 earlier values, back to 2014
2025-1.81B USD
2024-2.58B USD
2023-4.21B USD
2022-1.21B USD
202115.84B USD
20206.77B USD
2019-10.20B USD
2018-12.16B USD
2017-9.06B USD
2016-8.52B USD
2015-14.94B USD
2014-18.34B USD
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.