South Africa vs United Kingdom: Trade & Finance

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

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Indicator	South Africa	United Kingdom	Detail
Merchandise exports (current US$)	$110.08B	$512.63B	Compare →
Merchandise imports (current US$)	$123.47B	$815.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)	1.12	1.63	Compare →
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)	53.35	79.58	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)	27.24	11.60	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)	0.00	0.01	Compare →
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$112.46B	$721.75B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)	50.13	84.20	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)	0.01	0.00	Compare →
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)	$103.34B	$487.27B	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)	38.57	18.14	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	7.37	2.45	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	5.39	1.84	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	0.48	1.07	Compare →
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)	58.22	36.04	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)	14.10	6.86	Compare →
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)	3.58	5.71	Compare →
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)	11.58	3.31	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)	21.55	13.06	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	28.31	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)	1.03	2.27	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)	2.45	1.45	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)	8.08	1.57	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)	0.53	2.73	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)	$2.33B	-$12.96B	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)	0.41	1.17	Compare →
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)	0.58	-0.35	Compare →
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)	28.31	2.73	Compare →
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)	8.08	2.27	Compare →
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)	993.23M	$12.27B	Compare →
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)	5.71	29.23	Compare →
Net ODA received (% of GNI)	0.40	N/A	Compare →
Real interest rate (%)	7.42	-1.08	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.