Foreign Reserves / South Africa
South Africa Foreign Reserves
South Africa foreign reserves data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 65.43 billion.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: current US$
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-13 04:01:21
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 · foreign reserves data as current US$.
Latest
65.43 billion
Previous
62.49 billion
Range avg.
55.16 billion
Rank
35
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorForeign Reserves
65.43 billion2024 · Rank 35
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 65.43 billion for Foreign Reserves in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 62.49 billion in 2023; the absolute change was 2.94 billion.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (55.16 billion).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 45.89 billion in 2015 to 65.43 billion in 2024.
Comparison
France282.86 billion
Italy290.55 billion
Netherlands79.13 billion
United States910.04 billion
China3.46 trillion
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