South Africa - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 2.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.60 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.30
1961 0.09
1962 0.07
1963 0.14
1964 0.11
1965 0.07
1966 0.08
1967 0.07
1968 0.09
1969 0.06
1970 0.10
1971 0.09
1972 0.11
1973 0.20
1974 0.22
1975 0.26
1976 0.03
1977 0.03
1978 0.00
1979 0.01
1980 0.01
1981 0.00
1982 0.01
1984 0.01
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.01
1988 0.00
1989 0.03
1990 0.01
1991 0.26
1992 0.35
1993 0.44
1994 0.99
1995 1.12
1996 1.80
1997 1.72
1998 1.57
1999 1.75
2000 2.10
2001 1.61
2002 1.78
2003 1.97
2004 1.88
2005 1.92
2006 2.93
2007 2.98
2008 2.92
2009 3.48
2010 2.37
2011 2.15
2012 2.46
2013 2.65
2014 3.10
2015 3.28
2016 3.58
2017 3.60
2018 3.44
2019 3.06
2020 2.92

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in South Africa was 85,834,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 108,815,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 1,985,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,985,000,000
1961 2,139,000,000
1962 2,219,000,000
1963 2,359,000,000
1964 2,479,000,000
1965 2,547,000,000
1966 2,741,000,000
1967 3,011,000,000
1968 3,204,000,000
1969 3,357,000,000
1970 3,344,000,000
1971 3,483,000,000
1972 4,108,000,000
1973 6,064,000,000
1974 8,688,000,000
1975 8,789,000,000
1976 7,850,000,000
1977 9,904,000,000
1978 12,772,000,000
1979 18,258,000,000
1980 25,525,000,000
1981 20,658,000,000
1982 17,673,000,000
1983 18,508,000,000
1984 17,163,000,000
1985 16,293,000,000
1986 18,385,000,000
1987 21,219,000,000
1988 21,871,000,000
1989 22,191,000,000
1990 23,549,000,000
1991 23,279,000,000
1992 23,440,000,000
1993 24,222,000,000
1994 25,308,000,000
1995 27,853,000,000
1996 29,221,000,000
1997 31,027,000,000
1998 26,362,000,000
1999 26,707,000,000
2000 29,983,000,000
2001 29,258,000,000
2002 29,723,000,000
2003 36,482,000,000
2004 46,146,000,000
2005 51,626,000,000
2006 58,175,000,000
2007 69,784,000,000
2008 80,782,000,000
2009 61,677,000,000
2010 91,347,000,000
2011 108,815,000,000
2012 99,606,000,000
2013 96,153,000,000
2014 93,043,000,000
2015 81,002,000,000
2016 76,214,000,000
2017 88,947,000,000
2018 93,970,000,000
2019 90,016,000,000
2020 85,834,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 47.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.35 in 1962, while its lowest value was 42.82 in 2012.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 88.09
1961 90.52
1962 91.35
1963 91.31
1964 85.82
1965 84.23
1966 87.43
1967 88.49
1968 87.91
1969 87.78
1970 88.68
1971 86.30
1972 86.98
1973 85.93
1974 86.93
1975 89.15
1976 89.16
1977 87.94
1978 90.94
1979 90.61
1980 89.82
1981 85.92
1982 87.39
1983 88.33
1984 89.73
1985 88.99
1986 88.29
1987 85.43
1988 83.35
1989 85.04
1990 86.52
1991 83.05
1992 77.90
1993 75.31
1994 72.24
1995 72.13
1996 70.88
1997 72.55
1998 52.99
1999 62.30
2000 73.13
2001 56.63
2002 56.38
2003 65.23
2004 67.41
2005 67.70
2006 74.88
2007 71.22
2008 68.27
2009 60.69
2010 47.66
2011 45.65
2012 42.82
2013 43.19
2014 45.27
2015 45.19
2016 47.29
2017 46.64
2018 46.43
2019 46.44
2020 47.45

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 21.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.73 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.74 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.57
1961 2.52
1962 2.22
1963 1.92
1964 0.91
1965 0.97
1966 0.96
1967 0.74
1968 0.91
1969 1.29
1970 1.00
1971 0.92
1972 0.95
1973 2.42
1974 2.55
1975 2.31
1976 3.03
1977 4.80
1978 2.28
1979 2.33
1980 2.86
1981 2.17
1982 2.01
1983 1.40
1984 1.77
1985 2.03
1986 2.73
1987 3.38
1988 3.74
1989 4.78
1990 3.72
1991 3.38
1992 2.89
1993 4.41
1994 8.31
1995 8.55
1996 10.21
1997 10.67
1998 6.49
1999 8.21
2000 9.70
2001 7.52
2002 7.40
2003 8.30
2004 8.19
2005 10.04
2006 11.78
2007 14.97
2008 15.69
2009 21.11
2010 18.27
2011 20.63
2012 20.66
2013 21.73
2014 19.40
2015 18.97
2016 19.32
2017 20.77
2018 21.10
2019 21.48
2020 21.00

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 13.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.58 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1987.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.73
1961 1.56
1962 1.06
1963 0.62
1964 0.27
1965 0.38
1966 0.37
1967 0.17
1968 0.21
1969 0.24
1970 0.26
1971 0.25
1972 0.21
1973 0.28
1974 0.35
1975 0.27
1976 0.35
1977 0.36
1978 0.30
1979 0.02
1980 0.06
1981 0.03
1982 0.04
1983 0.01
1984 0.02
1985 0.03
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.03
1989 0.03
1990 0.01
1991 0.02
1992 0.14
1993 2.04
1994 3.17
1995 3.99
1996 4.03
1997 4.87
1998 1.63
1999 2.98
2000 3.92
2001 3.42
2002 3.34
2003 4.52
2004 4.35
2005 4.48
2006 5.88
2007 8.61
2008 8.22
2009 13.07
2010 11.22
2011 13.71
2012 12.74
2013 14.58
2014 11.54
2015 10.96
2016 11.21
2017 11.93
2018 11.87
2019 13.17
2020 13.70

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 1.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.06 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.09
1961 0.04
1962 0.04
1963 0.06
1964 0.03
1965 0.02
1966 0.04
1967 0.04
1968 0.02
1969 0.02
1970 0.01
1971 0.01
1972 0.02
1973 0.02
1974 0.02
1975 0.04
1976 0.06
1977 0.06
1978 0.07
1979 0.05
1980 0.04
1981 0.19
1982 0.25
1983 0.33
1984 0.79
1985 1.16
1986 1.51
1987 1.79
1988 2.03
1989 3.06
1990 2.00
1991 1.30
1992 0.98
1993 0.09
1994 1.04
1995 0.93
1996 1.38
1997 1.01
1998 0.69
1999 0.83
2000 0.65
2001 0.16
2002 0.62
2003 0.71
2004 0.67
2005 0.70
2006 1.02
2007 0.97
2008 1.34
2009 1.01
2010 0.87
2011 0.89
2012 1.21
2013 1.23
2014 1.23
2015 1.21
2016 1.06
2017 1.11
2018 1.16
2019 0.87
2020 1.06

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 0.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.60 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.19 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.68
1961 0.34
1962 0.43
1963 0.70
1964 0.19
1965 0.32
1966 0.37
1967 0.34
1968 0.37
1969 0.72
1970 0.65
1971 0.60
1972 0.68
1973 1.31
1974 1.04
1975 0.96
1976 1.11
1977 2.12
1978 1.85
1979 2.10
1980 2.56
1981 1.69
1982 1.51
1983 0.83
1984 0.77
1985 0.63
1986 0.89
1987 1.35
1988 1.21
1989 1.14
1990 1.15
1991 1.23
1992 1.22
1993 1.86
1994 2.60
1995 2.33
1996 2.52
1997 2.00
1998 1.84
1999 1.52
2000 2.21
2001 1.30
2002 1.21
2003 1.05
2004 1.09
2005 1.20
2006 1.63
2007 1.58
2008 1.50
2009 1.27
2010 1.48
2011 1.83
2012 1.78
2013 1.58
2014 1.27
2015 1.30
2016 1.11
2017 0.95
2018 1.14
2019 1.02
2020 0.88

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 0.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.25 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.39
1961 0.20
1962 0.27
1963 0.24
1964 0.17
1965 0.11
1966 0.12
1967 0.13
1968 0.21
1969 0.23
1970 0.04
1971 0.04
1972 0.04
1973 0.82
1974 1.01
1975 0.98
1976 1.51
1977 2.25
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1984 0.01
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.01
1988 0.00
1989 0.03
1990 0.01
1991 0.26
1992 0.15
1993 0.13
1994 0.61
1995 0.41
1996 0.82
1997 0.93
1998 0.64
1999 0.65
2000 0.83
2001 0.89
2002 0.78
2003 0.62
2004 0.56
2005 0.97
2006 1.34
2007 1.25
2008 1.14
2009 1.50
2010 0.85
2011 0.70
2012 0.76
2013 0.74
2014 0.67
2015 0.92
2016 0.78
2017 0.74
2018 0.72
2019 0.48
2020 0.36

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 5.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 6.21 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1973.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.67
1961 0.37
1962 0.42
1963 0.30
1964 0.24
1965 0.14
1966 0.06
1967 0.07
1968 0.10
1969 0.08
1970 0.03
1971 0.03
1973 0.00
1974 0.14
1975 0.07
1976 0.01
1977 0.01
1978 0.06
1979 0.17
1980 0.21
1981 0.26
1982 0.21
1983 0.23
1984 0.18
1985 0.21
1986 0.32
1987 0.22
1988 0.47
1989 0.53
1990 0.55
1991 0.57
1992 0.41
1993 0.29
1994 0.89
1995 0.89
1996 1.46
1997 1.85
1998 1.69
1999 2.22
2000 2.08
2001 1.75
2002 1.44
2003 1.41
2004 1.52
2005 2.70
2006 1.90
2007 2.56
2008 3.49
2009 4.26
2010 3.86
2011 3.50
2012 4.16
2013 3.59
2014 4.70
2015 4.58
2016 5.15
2017 6.03
2018 6.21
2019 5.94
2020 5.00

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 22.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.36 in 2014, while its lowest value was 2.08 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.72
1961 2.73
1962 2.40
1963 2.84
1964 9.87
1965 10.80
1966 6.99
1967 6.91
1968 7.25
1969 6.72
1970 6.71
1971 6.95
1972 6.23
1973 5.82
1974 5.34
1975 3.61
1976 2.51
1977 2.78
1978 2.08
1979 2.16
1980 2.54
1981 5.34
1982 5.47
1983 5.15
1984 4.28
1985 4.08
1986 3.62
1987 4.16
1988 2.73
1989 5.36
1990 5.43
1991 6.02
1992 9.40
1993 9.84
1994 11.20
1995 11.89
1996 12.32
1997 13.14
1998 12.24
1999 14.36
2000 17.00
2001 11.11
2002 12.38
2003 12.66
2004 11.90
2005 12.49
2006 13.23
2007 13.66
2008 15.93
2009 18.10
2010 24.61
2011 23.61
2012 26.74
2013 27.50
2014 29.36
2015 27.88
2016 27.56
2017 25.31
2018 25.47
2019 25.68
2020 22.50

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 9.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.27 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.10 in 2008.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4.62
1961 4.23
1962 4.04
1963 3.94
1964 3.40
1965 3.99
1966 4.62
1967 3.86
1968 3.93
1969 4.21
1970 3.62
1971 5.83
1972 5.84
1973 5.83
1974 5.18
1975 4.93
1976 5.30
1977 4.47
1978 4.71
1979 4.90
1980 4.78
1981 6.57
1982 5.13
1983 5.12
1984 4.22
1985 4.91
1986 5.35
1987 7.04
1988 10.17
1989 4.82
1990 4.34
1991 7.55
1992 9.80
1993 10.43
1994 8.25
1995 7.43
1996 6.58
1997 3.65
1998 28.27
1999 15.13
2000 0.17
2001 24.73
2002 23.85
2003 13.80
2004 12.51
2005 9.78
2006 0.12
2007 0.15
2008 0.10
2009 0.11
2010 9.46
2011 10.12
2012 9.78
2013 7.59
2014 5.97
2015 7.96
2016 5.83
2017 7.29
2018 7.00
2019 6.41
2020 9.05

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in South Africa was 85,877,490,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 108,813,000,000 in 2011 and 1,091,250,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,091,250,000
1961 1,219,750,000
1962 1,356,680,000
1963 1,419,670,000
1964 1,676,410,000
1965 1,673,213,000
1966 1,844,997,000
1967 2,104,806,000
1968 2,296,826,000
1969 2,400,622,000
1970 2,378,861,000
1971 2,346,993,000
1972 2,882,251,000
1973 3,972,381,000
1974 5,513,860,000
1975 6,464,133,000
1976 6,555,996,000
1977 8,572,399,000
1978 10,169,790,000
1979 13,018,120,000
1980 14,976,290,000
1981 13,397,370,000
1982 11,871,250,000
1983 10,468,410,000
1984 11,410,650,000
1985 11,984,350,000
1986 13,345,040,000
1987 12,295,710,000
1988 14,440,080,000
1989 15,165,590,000
1990 15,233,780,000
1991 16,219,730,000
1992 17,490,960,000
1993 16,955,600,000
1994 19,177,460,000
1995 24,376,110,000
1996 26,840,020,000
1997 29,840,460,000
1998 26,636,510,000
1999 24,421,470,000
2000 21,695,520,000
2001 28,957,090,000
2002 29,371,900,000
2003 35,782,670,000
2004 45,221,370,000
2005 51,570,550,000
2006 52,442,120,000
2007 63,486,920,000
2008 73,007,780,000
2009 54,406,430,000
2010 91,345,790,000
2011 108,813,000,000
2012 99,553,440,000
2013 95,955,460,000
2014 91,163,590,000
2015 81,487,960,000
2016 74,913,040,000
2017 89,420,430,000
2018 94,328,240,000
2019 89,967,100,000
2020 85,877,490,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in South Africa was 22.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.36 in 2014, while its lowest value was 2.08 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.72
1961 2.73
1962 2.40
1963 2.84
1964 9.87
1965 10.80
1966 6.99
1967 6.91
1968 7.25
1969 6.72
1970 6.71
1971 6.95
1972 6.23
1973 5.82
1974 5.34
1975 3.61
1976 2.51
1977 2.78
1978 2.08
1979 2.16
1980 2.54
1981 5.34
1982 5.47
1983 5.15
1984 4.28
1985 4.08
1986 3.62
1987 4.16
1988 2.73
1989 5.36
1990 5.43
1991 6.02
1992 9.40
1993 9.84
1994 11.20
1995 11.89
1996 12.32
1997 13.14
1998 12.24
1999 14.36
2000 17.00
2001 11.11
2002 12.38
2003 12.66
2004 11.90
2005 12.49
2006 13.23
2007 13.66
2008 15.93
2009 18.10
2010 24.61
2011 23.61
2012 26.74
2013 27.50
2014 29.36
2015 27.88
2016 27.56
2017 25.31
2018 25.47
2019 25.68
2020 22.50

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports