South Africa - 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

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports