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
11 Mar 2021
4 Q 2020
R197.818 B
R196.590 B
10 Dec 2020
3 Q 2020
R297.485 B
R-122.819 B
10 Sept 2020
2 Q 2020
R-103.587 B
R-46.500 B
02 Jul 2020
1 Q 2020
R69.733 B
R-152.700 B
05 Mar 2020
4 Q 2019
R-68.069 B
R-204.900 B
05 Dec 2019
3 Q 2019
R-190.300 B
05 Sept 2019
2 Q 2019
R-204.100 B
06 Jun 2019
1 Q 2019
R-142.500 B
07 Mar 2019
4 Q 2018
R-110.200 B
06 Dec 2018
3 Q 2018
R-176.600 B
06 Sept 2018
2 Q 2018
R-163.800 B
21 Jun 2018
1 Q 2018
R-229.000 B
20 Mar 2018
4 Q 2017
R-137.000 B
14 Dec 2017
3 Q 2017
R-109.000 B
14 Sept 2017
2 Q 2017
R-110.000 B
20 Jun 2017
1 Q 2017
R-92.000 B
22 Mar 2017
4 Q 2016
R-76.000 B
09 Dec 2016
3 Q 2016
R-176.000 B
13 Sept 2016
2 Q 2016
R-134.000 B
14 Jun 2016
1 Q 2016
R-211.000 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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