South Africa - Net acquisition of financial assets

Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in South Africa was 9,560,589,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91,790,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of -20,119,250,000 in 2018.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 379,000,000
1991 2,054,000,000
1992 -3,867,000,000
1993 -243,000,000
1994 476,000,000
1995 174,000,000
1996 -8,806,000,000
1997 -2,724,000,000
1998 -2,823,000,000
1999 623,300,000
2000 -1,037,800,000
2001 6,320,000,000
2002 1,951,000,000
2003 9,006,300,000
2004 24,518,000,000
2005 37,564,000,000
2006 29,290,000,000
2007 32,670,000,000
2008 46,682,000,000
2009 91,790,000,000
2010 85,962,950,000
2011 14,332,460,000
2012 -13,688,080,000
2013 13,206,780,000
2014 66,193,900,000
2015 11,728,360,000
2016 73,820,720,000
2017 53,878,950,000
2018 -20,119,250,000
2019 9,560,589,000

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in South Africa was 0.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 3.28 in 2009, while its lowest value was -1.25 in 1996.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.13
1991 0.60
1992 -1.01
1993 -0.05
1994 0.09
1995 0.03
1996 -1.25
1997 -0.35
1998 -0.33
1999 0.07
2000 -0.10
2001 0.54
2002 0.14
2003 0.60
2004 1.48
2005 2.04
2006 1.42
2007 1.39
2008 1.79
2009 3.28
2010 2.81
2011 0.43
2012 -0.38
2013 0.34
2014 1.60
2015 0.27
2016 1.55
2017 1.06
2018 -0.38
2019 0.17

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance