South Africa

Economic Freedom Rating, 5-Yr Change - South Africa Compared to Continent

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Sierra Leone	15.98%
Rwanda	13.36%
Mauritius	12.31%
Nigeria	12.11%
Ethiopia	9.05%
Uganda	7.20%
Guinea-Bissau	4.55%
Togo	4.35%
Cape Verde	4.03%
Cameroon	2.40%
Zambia	2.01%
Kenya	1.74%
Malawi	1.07%
Gambia	0.55%
Benin	0.21%
Senegal	0.06%
Botswana	0.04%
Lesotho	-0.22%
Cote d'Ivoire	-0.39%
Madagascar	-0.71%
Tanzania	-0.82%
Eq. Guinea	-1.10%
Swaziland	-1.34%
Ghana	-2.68%
Niger	-2.75%
Guinea	-3.42%
Mozambique	-3.55%
Congo(Brazza)	-5.21%
Mali	-5.32%
Burkina Faso	-5.52%
South Africa	-5.78%
Djibouti	-6.03%
Mauritania	-6.68%
Gabon	-8.68%
Chad	-9.26%
Namibia	-9.28%
Zimbabwe	-18.82%
CAR	-19.59%

South Africa: Economic freedom index, 5-year change

Increased economic freedom is strongly associated with high GDP growth, and therefore with rises in residential property prices. Changes in a country’s score on the Heritage Foundation’s freedom index are calculated by the Global Property Guide to produce a 5-point rating:

• Greatly Improved
• Improved
• Nuetral
• Worse
• Much Worse

Source: Calculated using figures from The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

South Africa does not publish official house price statistics, but ABSA Group releases good house price data. ABSA has a monthly house price index and quarterly property projections. General economics statistics are available from the Reserve Bank of Africa and the First National Bank (FNB). FNB releases quarterly economic forecasts as well.