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South Africa Trade Balance

$8.16Bas of 2025+5.0% vs 2024

Exports minus imports of goods and services, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodTrade Balance
2025$8.16B
2024$7.77B
2023$3.16B
2022$8.69B
2021$26.12B
2020$14.84B
2019$1.97B
2018$2.06B
2017$4.36B
2016$1.46B
2015$-4.51B
2014$-5.71B

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=trade_balance_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Trade Balance across Africa

View country ranking ->
CountryTrade BalancePeriod
Nigeria$-322.41M1960
Kenya$-8.15B2025
Egypt$-42.71B2025
Ghana$953.4M2024
Ethiopia$-8.71B2025
Tanzania$-903.42M2025

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