South Africa Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

South Africa Current Account

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This chart displays Current Account (% of GDP) for South Africa from 2013 to 2022.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.9	-2.6	1.9	3.7	-0.5
Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-11.9	-10.1	6.6	15.3	-1.8

Manufacturing production dropped 1.6% month on month in seasonally adjusted terms in July (June: +1.2% mom). July’s contraction marked the...

5-Sep-23

The S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to a one-year high of 51.0 in August, up from the prior...

5-Sep-23

Economic growth improved timidly in the second quarter, with GDP increasing 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis (Q1: +0.4%...

23-Aug-23

Inflation dropped to 4.7% in July, following June’s 5.4%. July’s result represented the lowest inflation rate since July 2021. Consequently,...

10-Aug-23

Manufacturing production grew 1.2% month on month in seasonally adjusted terms in June (May: -1.3% mom). Looking at the details...

3-Aug-23

The S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 48.2 in July, down from June’s 48.7. As such, the index...

20-Jul-23

At its 18–20 July meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) maintained the repurchase rate...

19-Jul-23

Inflation eased to 5.4% in June from May’s 6.3%. June’s result represented the weakest inflation rate since October 2021 and...