South Africa: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1923–2025 · 99 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2025
- −0.423%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- +1.1 pointsfrom −1.52%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −0.896%10 years
- Record high and low
- 7.91% (1933)low −58.3% (1942)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -1.82 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -1.81 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -1.75 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -1.56 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -1.39 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -2.05 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -0.423 | |
| 2024 | -1.52 | |
| 2023 | -1.60 | |
| 2022 | -0.50 | |
| 2021 | 3.69 | |
| 2020 | 1.97 | |
| 2019 | -2.60 | |
| 2018 | -2.93 | |
| 2017 | -2.37 | |
| 2016 | -2.68 |
Sources
- Mitchell1923–1950
- South African Reserve Bank1946–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1960–2025
- World Development Indicators1960–2025
- WDI (archive)1976–1997
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
- IMF International Financial Statistics1993–2025
- IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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