Country

domain

Returns ordinal version of a number with "th", "nd" or "st".

ordinal

Given a date, returns you the date in words
Year --> 2023= 2023
Quarter --> 20231 = 2023-Q1
Month --> 202301 == Jan 2023

time

Converts a country code to small flag icon.

flag

link

Abbreviates a number into a smaller more human-readible number.

abbreviate

incompleteYearName

Change month id to name (202405 --> May 2025)

longMonth

initMonthQuarterIncomplete

prevMonthQuarterIncomplete

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monthName

increaseOrDecreasePresent

Rounds to nearest whole number and adds commas.

commas

increaseOrDecreasePast

Return period in month when you have data in quarters

incompleteYearQuarter

timeFull

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational countries list.

hasSubnat

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational complexity countries list.

hasComplexitySubnat

hasCountryLatestTrends

apostrophe

Returns boolean if the subnational cube has HS classification

hasSubnatHS

Checks if the cube should have complexity values at subnational profile

subnationalComplexityAvailability

lowerCaseFirst

ordinalSuperscript

If n < 20 returns the number name, else returns the number

numbersWord

countryPotentialExportsAvailability

Adds abbreviate with subnational data currency support

abbreviateSubnat

symmetricRange

hasSubnatMap

dollar

Joins an array of strings together, adding commas and 'and' when necessary.

list

Calculates the growth percentage between two numbers provided the following object format: {curr, prev}. Also supports calculating the growth between two margin of errors using this format: {curr, currMoe, prev, prevMoe}.

growth

growthPct

shortMonthName

South Africa

In 2023, South Africa was the number 40 (out of 195) economy in the world in terms of GDP ($381B current US$), the number 35 (out of 226) in total exports, the number 113 (out of 196) economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$).

In 2023, South Africa was the number 63 (out of 132) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Trade, 2023), the number 24 (out of 96) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Technology, 2021), the number 23 (out of 137) most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (Research, 2023).

Product Space of South Africa

Relatedness Space for South Africa

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tabler

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Digital Trade

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Bill of Lading

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Importing Companies

The first treemap shows a breakdown of the shipments by imported product. The second treemap is broken down by importer company, and the map presents shipments by destination state.

This section presents company level data for import shipments to the <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> from South Africa, during the chosen time period.

Click on any product in the first chart, any company on the second chart, or any state in the map to explore.

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Latest Trends

Partner

Trade Flow

Product

Unit

Time

Transport Mode

Subnat Geography

Trade Value

Quantity

Unit Value

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Latest Trade

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Historical Data

Yearly Trade

Trade Balance

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Economic Complexity

Overview

Product Space

Economic Complexity Ranking

During the last 20 years, South Africa's economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the 36 to the 70 position in the ECI rank.

Diversification Frontier

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Growth Potential

South Africa borders Botswana and Lesotho and Mozambique and Namibia and Eswatini and Zimbabwe by land.

Find the latest trade statistics and economic complexity data for South Africa.