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South Africa: Imports (USD)

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

2025
131 billionUS dollars
Change on 2024
+5.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.7%a year

Imports (USD)

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Recent values

Millions of US dollars

YearValue
2031190,818Forecast
2030181,241Forecast
2029172,131Forecast
2028163,528Forecast
2027155,968Forecast
2026137,638Forecast
2025130,991
2024124,447
2023123,394
2022127,585
2021104,877
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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