Argentina vs South Africa: Trade & Finance

This page compares Argentina and South Africa across 33 Trade & Finance indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator	Argentina	South Africa	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$79.70B	$110.08B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$60.78B	$123.47B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	30.59	1.12	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	35.96	53.35	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	25.37	27.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$72.80B	$112.46B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	40.93	50.13	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.40	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$65.24B	$103.34B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	29.67	38.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	2.11	7.37	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	4.65	5.39	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.21	0.48	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	22.01	58.22	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	15.54	14.10	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	7.25	3.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	2.09	11.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	28.08	21.55	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.46	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	0.57	1.03	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	34.37	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.42	8.08	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.07	0.53	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$11.64B	$2.33B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	5.35	0.41	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	1.82	0.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	30.59	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	34.37	8.08	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	569.57M	993.23M	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	3.85	5.71	Compare →
Net ODA received (% of GNI)	0.04	0.40	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	-47.43	7.42	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.