South Africa - Net barter terms of trade index

Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100) in South Africa was 165.35 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 165.35 in 2020 and 97.32 in 1982.

Definition: Net barter terms of trade index is calculated as the percentage ratio of the export unit value indexes to the import unit value indexes, measured relative to the base year 2000. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD's estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year's trade values as weights.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1980 126.32
1981 110.53
1982 97.32
1983 98.28
1984 104.12
1985 106.10
1986 108.60
1987 111.82
1988 111.11
1989 105.66
1990 104.35
1991 105.31
1992 102.59
1993 103.64
1994 107.27
1995 106.03
1996 107.48
1997 106.60
1998 104.04
1999 102.04
2000 100.00
2001 101.81
2002 107.08
2003 107.68
2004 109.32
2005 110.99
2006 117.87
2007 121.53
2008 124.49
2009 132.37
2010 141.24
2011 146.29
2012 145.24
2013 137.51
2014 135.83
2015 140.00
2016 144.85
2017 151.14
2018 146.37
2019 152.15
2020 165.35

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes