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South Africa: Imports (USD)

Millions of US dollars · 1900–2025 · 126 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_USD

2025
126 billionUS dollars
Change on 2024
+5.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.3%a year

Imports (USD)

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ForecastUS dollars

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Recent values

Millions of US dollars

YearValue
2031183,850Forecast
2030174,623Forecast
2029165,845Forecast
2028157,556Forecast
2027155,362Forecast
2026146,951Forecast
2025126,097
2024119,799
2023123,636
2022127,781
2021104,829
202078,422
2019103,899
2018109,201
201799,874
201689,751

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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