South Africa Current Account

Country: South Africa, ZAR
Importance:
Low
Sector: Trade
Last release
12 Mar 2026 09:00 GMT
Actual
R50.169 B
Forecast
R-67.463 B
Previous
R-72.028 B
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
12 Mar 2026
4 Q 2025
R50.169 B
R-67.463 B
04 Dec 2025
3 Q 2025
R-57.023 B
R-56.877 B
11 Sept 2025
2 Q 2025
R-82.786 B
R-4.293 B
05 Jun 2025
1 Q 2025
R-35.575 B
R5.461 B
06 Mar 2025
4 Q 2024
R-31.632 B
R-65.247 B
05 Dec 2024
3 Q 2024
R-70.820 B
R-71.975 B
05 Sept 2024
2 Q 2024
R-64.646 B
R-121.163 B
06 Jun 2024
1 Q 2024
R-84.591 B
R-90.268 B
07 Mar 2024
4 Q 2023
R-165.528 B
R-87.262 B
07 Dec 2023
3 Q 2023
R-19.314 B
R-110.912 B
07 Sept 2023
2 Q 2023
R-160.731 B
R-116.177 B
08 Jun 2023
1 Q 2023
R-66.237 B
R-94.013 B
09 Mar 2023
4 Q 2022
R-173.997 B
R-50.576 B
08 Dec 2022
3 Q 2022
R-18.071 B
R28.357 B
08 Sept 2022
2 Q 2022
R-86.588 B
R127.901 B
09 Jun 2022
1 Q 2022
R142.629 B
R168.380 B
10 Mar 2022
4 Q 2021
R119.916 B
R285.070 B
09 Dec 2021
3 Q 2021
R226.400 B
R327.568 B
09 Sept 2021
2 Q 2021
R342.780 B
R238.911 B
10 Jun 2021
1 Q 2021
R267.348 B
R244.707 B

Current Account reflects the net trade balance (the difference between exported and imported goods and services), the net factor income (such as interest, dividends, etc.) and net transfer payments (e.g. foreign donations).

A current account surplus increases net external assets and leads to an increase in capital exports in the form of an increase in external assets in the capital account. In general, values that exceed expectations are regarded as positive for ZAR and negative if they are below expectations.

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