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Current Account Balance / South Africa
External Sector

South Africa Current Account Balance

Current and historical current account balance data for South Africa, including latest value (-0.64), trend, international ranking, comparison and source note
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:35:27+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 2015– 2024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · current account balance as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2024
-0.64 percent of GDP
-1.1 percent of GDP
-1.12 percent of GDP
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2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
current account balance rate reference line

Countries by current account balance

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Kuwait 29.15 high
Singapore 18 high
Ireland 17.4 high
Qatar 17.29 high
Norway 15.58 high
United Arab Emirates 14.48 medium
Hong Kong 13.39 medium
Denmark 12.2 medium

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt -5.69
Morocco -1.16
Nigeria 6.82
United States -4.12
China 2.26

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Foreign Reserves FI.RES.TOTL.CD
Official Exchange Rate PA.NUS.FCRF

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:35:27+02:00

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Current Account Balance: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Current Account Balance for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa current account balance rate, current account balance data south africa, south africa current account balance statistics, south africa percent of gdp.