South Africa

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

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

 

 

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 countrys score on the Heritage Foundations 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.