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Trade Openness / South Africa
Trade

South Africa Trade Openness

South Africa trade openness data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 60.91 percent of.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-21 05:10:07
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
63 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 14.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12.5 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.5 / 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: 1960–2025 1960– 2025
1960 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Africa · trade in goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1960–2025
60.91 percent of GDP
61.65 percent of GDP
57.79 percent of GDP
79 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2025
trade openness rate reference line

Countries by trade openness

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 396.65
Luxembourg 349.89
Singapore 320.31
Ireland 239.96
United Arab Emirates 199.04
Cyprus 189.5
Vietnam 173.86
Slovakia 170.34

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.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Egypt 51.33
Nigeria 26.17
Kenya 37.52
United States 25.02
China 37.96

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
FDI Inflows BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-09-21 05:10:07

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 427.18 bn
Debt/GDP 82.76%
Inflation 3.21%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Trade Openness: 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 Trade Openness 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 trade openness rate, trade openness data south africa, south africa trade openness statistics, south africa percent of gdp, trade in goods and services as a percentage of gdp..