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Trade Openness / South Africa
Trade

South Africa Trade Openness

Current and historical trade openness data for South Africa, including latest value (61.65), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:58
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 1960– 2024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Africa · trade in goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1960–2024
61.65 percent of GDP
65.68 percent of GDP
57.37 percent of GDP
51 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
trade openness rate reference line

Countries by trade openness

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 359.51
Luxembourg 351.27
Singapore 322.37
Ireland 246.17
United Arab Emirates 199.04
Vietnam 173.86
Slovakia 171.21
Belgium 158.93

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 39.6
Morocco 92.19
Nigeria 26.17
United States 25.38
China 37.2

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
FDI Inflows BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-12 04:00:58

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Trade Openness: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Trade Openness for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa trade openness rate, trade openness data south africa, south africa trade openness statistics, south africa percent of gdp.