South Africa - Changes in inventories (constant LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in South Africa was -45,581,930,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51,335,450,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of -45,581,930,000 in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 5,980,000,000
1961 7,032,000,000
1962 5,649,000,000
1963 14,141,000,000
1964 14,870,000,000
1965 12,789,000,000
1966 4,741,000,000
1967 27,234,000,000
1968 16,388,000,000
1969 17,815,000,000
1970 25,611,000,000
1971 27,411,000,000
1972 -9,925,000,000
1973 6,003,000,000
1974 27,859,000,000
1975 10,428,000,000
1976 -15,132,000,000
1977 -13,086,000,000
1978 -12,477,000,000
1979 -1,210,000,000
1980 33,350,000,000
1981 39,596,000,000
1982 -23,314,000,000
1983 -3,421,000,000
1984 1,155,000,000
1985 -30,607,000,000
1986 -11,777,000,000
1987 -8,848,000,000
1988 7,538,000,000
1989 -387,000,000
1990 -22,647,000,000
1991 -6,323,000,000
1992 -7,875,000,000
1993 -9,023,561,000
1994 22,649,210,000
1995 35,973,830,000
1996 11,122,030,000
1997 1,812,489,000
1998 -3,318,924,000
1999 13,826,340,000
2000 13,067,480,000
2001 4,447,810,000
2002 25,199,240,000
2003 32,776,570,000
2004 51,335,450,000
2005 32,829,250,000
2006 40,372,720,000
2007 12,885,600,000
2008 -13,623,140,000
2009 -25,998,240,000
2010 7,623,213,000
2011 42,491,910,000
2012 23,826,260,000
2013 22,348,320,000
2014 6,475,691,000
2015 27,596,960,000
2016 -26,098,830,000
2017 12,236,770,000
2018 20,321,260,000
2019 35,296,630,000
2020 -45,581,930,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts