South Africa - Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in South Africa was ($7,653,192,000) as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $6,323,911,000 in 2004 and ($7,653,192,000) in 2020.

Definition: Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 ($212,699,900)
1961 $95,409,950
1962 $358,089,900
1963 $120,400,000
1964 ($124,590,000)
1965 ($57,399,980)
1966 $208,509,900
1967 ($16,599,990)
1968 $747,739,700
1969 $2,000,036
1970 ($464,029,800)
1971 ($343,006,100)
1972 $506,032,300
1973 ($201,471,900)
1974 ($110,596,000)
1975 $57,245,370
1976 ($962,478,900)
1977 ($490,691,600)
1978 $137,053,300
1979 $304,362,400
1980 $1,259,099,000
1981 ($1,404,177,000)
1982 ($235,049,700)
1983 $1,105,033,000
1984 ($577,779,900)
1985 ($742,413,400)
1986 ($157,846,900)
1987 $2,874,682,000
1988 $452,018,300
1989 $748,367,500
1990 $10,669,320
1991 $73,337,710
1992 $245,717,700
1993 $2,825,194
1994 $371,607,000
1995 $910,838,500
1996 ($1,760,662,000)
1997 $4,365,914,000
1998 $44,601,260
1999 $1,916,218,000
2000 $479,564,200
2001 ($22,064,080)
2002 ($322,366,600)
2003 ($354,406,400)
2004 $6,323,911,000
2005 $5,765,837,000
2006 $3,710,977,000
2007 $5,737,134,000
2008 $2,225,519,000
2009 $4,170,940,000
2010 $3,795,989,000
2011 $4,708,765,000
2012 $1,197,810,000
2013 $499,083,200
2014 $1,359,887,000
2015 ($1,139,187,000)
2016 $2,900,278,000
2017 $1,905,127,000
2018 $844,090,100
2019 $1,612,606,000
2020 ($7,653,192,000)

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial ass

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments