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Imports / South Africa
Trade

South Africa Imports

Current and historical imports data for South Africa, including latest value (29.85), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+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 · imports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2024
29.85 percent of GDP
32.43 percent of GDP
27.84 percent of GDP
51 selected year
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imports rate reference line

Countries by imports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 177.72 high
Luxembourg 159.73 high
Singapore 143.6 high
Ireland 102.19 high
United Arab Emirates 92.2 high
Slovakia 85.73 medium
Vietnam 83.71 medium
Belgium 79.66 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 23.22
Morocco 50.19
Nigeria 16.92
United States 14.27
China 17.18

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.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

planned

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

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+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 Imports: 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 Imports 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 imports rate, imports data south africa, south africa imports statistics, south africa percent of gdp.