Imports / South Africa
South Africa Imports
South Africa imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 29.85%.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:40
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 · imports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
29.85%
Previous
32.43%
Range avg.
27.84%
Rank
51
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorImports
29.85%2024 · Rank 51
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 29.85% for Imports in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 2.57 percentage points, from 32.43% to 29.85%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (27.84%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 23.18% in 2020 and the high was 32.43% in 2023.
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