Summary
- Angola → South Africa
- $825million
- South Africa → Angola
- $483million
- Angola’s balance
- $341million
Balance
Angola’s trade balance with South Africa
Trade between Angola and South Africa grew 10.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Angola’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.8
- Imports 0.5
- Balance +0.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $982 thousand | $123 million | -$122 million |
| 1996 | $61 million | $353 million | -$292 million |
| 1997 | $4 million | $180 million | -$176 million |
| 1998 | $3 million | $193 million | -$190 million |
| 1999 | $32 million | $192 million | -$159 million |
| 2000 | $10 million | $197 million | -$188 million |
| 2001 | $1 million | $308 million | -$307 million |
| 2002 | $12 million | $320 million | -$307 million |
| 2003 | $4 million | $447 million | -$444 million |
| 2004 | $262 million | $594 million | -$332 million |
| 2005 | $301 million | $595 million | -$294 million |
| 2006 | $372 million | $828 million | -$456 million |
| 2007 | $1.6 billion | $722 million | $926 million |
| 2008 | $2.7 billion | $1.1 billion | $1.5 billion |
| 2009 | $1.4 billion | $1.2 billion | $132 million |
| 2010 | $2 billion | $861 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2011 | $1.6 billion | $986 million | $614 million |
| 2012 | $2.8 billion | $1.4 billion | $1.4 billion |
| 2013 | $2 billion | $1.2 billion | $765 million |
| 2014 | $2 billion | $1.3 billion | $729 million |
| 2015 | $1.3 billion | $971 million | $377 million |
| 2016 | $1.3 billion | $700 million | $612 million |
| 2017 | $1.3 billion | $711 million | $632 million |
| 2018 | $1.3 billion | $606 million | $678 million |
| 2019 | $571 million | $544 million | $27 million |
| 2020 | $99 million | $422 million | -$323 million |
| 2021 | $387 million | $394 million | -$7 million |
| 2022 | $808 million | $540 million | $268 million |
| 2023 | $383 million | $460 million | -$76 million |
| 2024 | $825 million | $483 million | $341 million |
What they sell each other
What Angola sells to South Africa
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Africa sells to Angola
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Luanda and Durban is 2,487 nautical miles (4,606 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
South Africa was Angola’s 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Angola was South Africa’s 40th (0.5%).
- South Africa in Angola’s trade
- 2.3%
- South Africa’s rank among Angola’s partners
- 12th
- Angola in South Africa’s trade
- 0.5%
- Angola’s rank among South Africa’s partners
- 40th
Compare with
Other partners of Angola
Other partners of South Africa
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.