# South Africa Current Account Balance - Balance of Payments (NSA)

South Africa Current Account Balance - Balance of Payments (NSA) was −18,447 R millions, NSA in Q2 2026, down 8,609.0 from Q1 2026 and down 313.1% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −68,363 R millions, NSA (Q1 2018) to 101,827 R millions, NSA (Q2 2021), averaging −9,886.8 R millions, NSA.

- Source agency: South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Web API
- Makrognosis code: `ZA.CURRACCT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: R millions, NSA
- Coverage: 1996-03-31 to 2026-06-30 (122 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-africa/current-account-balance-balance-of-payments-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −18,447 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2026 | −9,837.6 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2025 | 44,433 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2025 | −38,707 R millions, NSA |
| Q2 2025 | 8,656.1 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2025 | −48,552 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2024 | 14,439 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2024 | −34,524 R millions, NSA |
| Q2 2024 | 19,071 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2024 | −45,628 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2023 | −10,502 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2023 | −29,202 R millions, NSA |
| Q2 2023 | −22,837 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2023 | −49,563 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2022 | −11,861 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2022 | −29,058 R millions, NSA |
| Q2 2022 | −726.3 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2022 | 8,349.9 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2021 | 54,433 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2021 | 37,079 R millions, NSA |
| Q2 2021 | 101,827 R millions, NSA |
| Q1 2021 | 36,274 R millions, NSA |
| Q4 2020 | 65,801 R millions, NSA |
| Q3 2020 | 65,582 R millions, NSA |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.CURRACCT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/ZA.CURRACCT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```