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Exports / South Africa
Trade

South Africa Exports

Current and historical exports data for South Africa, including latest value (31.79), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:36:05+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 · exports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2024
31.79 percent of GDP
33.25 percent of GDP
29.53 percent of GDP
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exports rate reference line

Countries by exports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Luxembourg 191.53 high
Hong Kong 181.79 high
Singapore 178.78 high
Ireland 143.98 high
United Arab Emirates 106.85 high
Vietnam 90.15 medium
Bahrain 87.67 medium
Slovakia 85.48 medium

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

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

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 16.38
Morocco 42
Nigeria 9.24
United States 11.11
China 20.02

Related indicators

internal links
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Official Exchange Rate PA.NUS.FCRF

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:36:05+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 Exports: 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 Exports 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 exports rate, exports data south africa, south africa exports statistics, south africa percent of gdp.