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South Africa Foreign Reserves

$76.02Bas of 2025+16.2% vs 2024

Foreign Reserves is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the ZAR/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Total reserves including gold, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodForeign Reserves
2025$76.02B
2024$65.43B
2023$62.49B
2022$60.55B
2021$57.6B
2020$55.01B
2019$55.06B
2018$51.64B
2017$50.72B
2016$47.18B
2015$45.89B
2014$49.12B

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=ZA&metric_key=total_reserves_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Foreign Reserves across Africa

View country ranking ->
CountryForeign ReservesPeriod
Nigeria$46.02B2025
Kenya$12.39B2025
Egypt$48.88B2025
Ghana$4.47B2024
Ethiopia$3.78B2024
Tanzania$5.05B2018

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