World Bank · Economy
South Africa: Net errors and omissions
-1.10Bcurrent USD · 2025+22.1% since 2015
Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for South Africa from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -1,096,736,465.405 | |
| 2024 | -991,834,924.416 | |
| 2023 | 375,581,075.648 | |
| 2022 | -801,792,712.981 | |
| 2021 | 1,293,291,171.45 | |
| 2020 | 1,084,400,015.703 | |
| 2019 | 2,988,561,234.034 | |
| 2018 | 716,791,053.306 | |
| 2017 | 840,787,209.507 | |
| 2016 | -254,173,517.92 | |
| 2015 | -1,408,368,359.189 | |
| 2014 | -4,654,832,688.469 | |
| 2013 | 2,757,605,608.909 | |
| 2012 | -3,948,265,032.385 | |
| 2011 | -3,196,415,248.837 | |
| 2010 | -2,117,636,025.456 | |
| 2009 | -6,538,646,197.547 | |
| 2008 | 6,599,457,789.455 | |
| 2007 | 342,569,359.71 | |
| 2006 | -307,763,700.56 | |
| 2005 | 1,158,479,023.704 | |
| 2004 | 5,250,656,988.182 | |
| 2003 | 3,051,832,575.883 | |
| 2002 | -686,308,227.573 | |
| 2001 | 949,211,392.83 | |
| 2000 | 641,537,221.004 | |
| 1999 | -556,001,726.082 | |
| 1998 | -1,837,244,660.348 | |
| 1997 | -1,189,385,102.647 | |
| 1996 | -2,447,491,976.172 | |
| 1995 | -891,968,004.542 | |
| 1994 | -514,486,167.714 | |
| 1993 | -2,467,360,080.431 | |
| 1992 | -1,221,305,157.904 | |
| 1991 | 176,264,839.139 | |
| 1990 | -159,892,512.393 | |
| 1989 | -295,247,557.28 | |
| 1988 | -905,106,735.531 | |
| 1987 | -698,401,460.847 | |
| 1986 | 100,641,304.633 | |
| 1985 | -801,551,186.239 | |
| 1984 | 1,359,972,475.149 | |
| 1983 | 1,275,016,280.912 | |
| 1982 | 4,369,186,374.741 | |
| 1981 | 3,575,477,678.579 | |
| 1980 | -2,407,689,991.331 | |
| 1979 | -2,950,852,511.228 | |
| 1978 | -1,059,149,999.079 | |
| 1977 | -638,249,999.445 | |
| 1976 | 1,316,749,998.855 | |
| 1975 | 2,545,114,642.788 | |
| 1974 | 1,279,849,961.172 | |
| 1973 | 101,304,542.648 | |
| 1972 | 657,098,394.537 | |
| 1971 | 1,153,656,340.362 | |
| 1970 | 888,999,644.756 | |
| 1969 | 389,199,844.476 | |
| 1968 | 767,199,693.427 | |
| 1967 | 348,599,860.699 | |
| 1966 | 342,999,862.937 | |
| 1965 | 459,199,816.504 | |
| 1964 | 36,399,985.455 | |
| 1963 | -74,199,970.35 | |
| 1962 | -109,199,956.364 | |
| 1961 | -149,799,940.14 | |
| 1960 | -249,199,900.42 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Korea, Republic of
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- Luxembourg
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- Madagascar
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- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
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- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
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- Norway
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- Palestine, State of
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- Peru
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- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
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- Tuvalu
- Uganda
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