South Africa

Economic Freedom Rating - South Africa Compared to Continent

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Angola	47.10
Benin	55.00
Botswana	68.61
Burkina Faso	55.63
Burundi	46.30
Cameroon	54.01
Cape Verde	58.40
CAR	48.25
Chad	47.73
Congo(Brazza)	45.21
Cote d'Ivoire	55.52
Djibouti	52.31
Eq. Guinea	52.50
Ethiopia	53.22
Gabon	53.57
Gambia	56.61
Ghana	56.66
Guinea	52.77
Guinea-Bissau	45.07
Kenya	59.58
Lesotho	51.88
Madagascar	62.40
Malawi	53.81
Mali	55.53
Mauritania	55.02
Mauritius	72.29
Mozambique	56.57
Namibia	61.03
Niger	52.72
Nigeria	55.48
Rwanda	54.14
Senegal	58.16
Sierra Leone	48.92
South Africa	63.24
Swaziland	58.85
Tanzania	56.40
Togo	48.84
Uganda	64.43
Zambia	56.37
Zimbabwe	29.83

South Africa: Economic freedom rating

Scores are from 0 to 100, higher scores are more desirable i.e. more conducive to economic growth. The lower the score, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

• Free— 80 - 100;
• Mostly Free— 70 - 79.9;
• Moderately Free— 60 - 69.9;
• Mostly Unfree— 50 to 59.9; and
• Repressed— 0 - 49.9.

Source: 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.