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
08 Mar 2016
4 Q 2015
R-208.000 B
08 Dec 2015
3 Q 2015
R-165.000 B
15 Sept 2015
2 Q 2015
R-124.000 B
23 Jun 2015
1 Q 2015
R-189.000 B
17 Mar 2015
4 Q 2014
R-198.000 B
08 Dec 2014
3 Q 2014
R-230.000 B
09 Sept 2014
2 Q 2014
R-222.000 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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