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South Africa: Real effective exchange rate

Index, 2015 = 100 · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2026 · REER

2025
98.1index, 2015 = 100
Change on 2024
+1.6%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
−0.2%a year

Real effective exchange rate

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ForecastIndex, 2015 = 100

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Recent values

Index, 2015 = 100

YearValue
2026100.1Forecast
202598.1
202496.5
202392.8
2022101.0
2021103.3
202094.4
2019103.9
2018107.4
2017106.0
201694.0

Sources

  • Bruegel1960–2023
  • South African Reserve Bank1970–2025
  • WDI (archive)1979–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1979–2025
  • World Development Indicators1979–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1994–2023
  • Bank for International Settlements1994–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook2007–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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