Current account balance in South Africa
The current account balance of South Africa was -0.4% of GDP in 2025.
South Africa, 2025
-0.4%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2025
-0.5%
Current account balance in South Africa over time
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South Africa
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Africa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | -1.1% |
| 2022 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 3.8% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | -2.6% |
| 2018 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | -2.6% |
| 2015 | -4.3% |
| 2014 | -4.8% |
| 2013 | -5.3% |
| 2012 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | -2.4% |
| 2008 | -5.2% |
| 2007 | -4.9% |
| 2006 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | -2.8% |
| 2004 | -2.5% |
| 2003 | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from -0.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -4.3%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.