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South Africa: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
29.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 29.9%
Average, 2016–2025
27.9%10 years
Record high and low
38.1% (1920)low 14.1% (1932)

Imports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203131.5Forecast
203031.1Forecast
202930.8Forecast
202830.4Forecast
202730.1Forecast
202629.9Forecast
202529.5
202429.9
202332.4
202231.4
202125.0
202023.2
201926.7
201827.0
201726.2
201627.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Africa documentation (PDF)

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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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