FDI Inflows / South Africa
South Africa FDI Inflows
South Africa fdi inflows data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 0.58%.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-13 04:00:46
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
4.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Africa · fdi inflows data as percent of GDP.
Latest
0.58%
Previous
1.01%
Range avg.
1.88%
Rank
59
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorFDI Inflows
0.58%2024 · Rank 59
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 0.58% for FDI Inflows in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value decreased from 1.01% in 2023; the absolute change was 0.43 percentage points.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (1.88%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 0.44% in 2015 to 9.68% in 2021.
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