Germany vs South Africa: Trade & Finance

This page compares Germany 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	Germany	South Africa	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$1.68T	$110.08B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$1.42T	$123.47B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	2.57	1.12	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	83.16	53.35	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	9.40	27.24	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$1.47T	$112.46B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	83.07	50.13	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.01	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$1.69T	$103.34B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	14.09	38.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.36	7.37	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	1.19	5.39	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.93	0.48	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	66.23	58.22	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	7.58	14.10	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	2.35	3.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	1.58	11.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	13.40	21.55	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	0.98	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	2.75	1.03	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	1.34	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	1.07	8.08	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	3.52	0.53	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$47.60B	$2.33B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	1.08	0.41	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	1.02	0.58	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	3.52	28.31	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	2.75	8.08	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	$23.66B	993.23M	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	17.98	5.71	Compare →
Net ODA received (% of GNI)	N/A	0.40	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	N/A	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.