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South Africa: Net foreign assets

1.43Tcurrent LCU · 2025+73.2% since 2015

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for South Africa from 1965 to 2025.

19852025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20251,427,036,482,276.58
20241,491,566,572,090.57
20231,435,701,598,133.01
20221,327,522,221,528.2
20211,336,407,261,928.62
20201,192,626,264,016.09
2019875,929,028,192.218
2018795,711,029,069.866
2017729,839,610,470.589
2016736,455,159,495.673
2015823,980,668,746.752
2014630,195,039,139.513
2013670,244,613,962.597
2012527,418,546,460.131
2011526,222,123,763.585
2010356,014,536,270.301
2009354,166,519,616.154
2008390,599,646,952.506
2007304,950,678,886.257
2006273,770,283,465.212
2005195,309,021,946.917
2004141,678,910,666.734
2003126,840,081,676.333
200286,332,546,376.664
200132,042,640,560.076
200010,606,671,865.809
19992,254,853,354.154
1998-31,533,355,455.801
1997-23,270,274,525.501
1996-31,037,969,026.004
1995-17,954,249,356.465
1994-20,641,761,276.825
1993-16,492,940,079.23
1992-10,608,223,255
1990799,484,788.438
1989258,899,178.332
19881,176,423,758.233
19873,627,603,381.646
1986-751,357,993.886
1985-3,824,264,724.161
1984-1,410,227,445.415
1983156,569,266.432
1982924,565,742.865
19812,303,067,793.787
19805,572,154,164.499
19793,946,845,607.653
19781,408,938,646.142
1977-544,082,208.585
1976-580,303,379.742
1975205,500,049.74
1974673,598,825.545
1973794,665,624.167
1972927,237,024.881
1971412,357,165.919
1970593,550,025.49
1969910,700,043.607
1968910,971,445.7
1967470,571,445.66
1966457,928,585.67
1965353,892,867.822

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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