Africa: Economic Freedom Rating, 5-Yr Change

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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%

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

Statistics for Africa. Africa is a desert so far as house-price statistics are concerned. The exception is South Africa, where ABSA Group releases good house price data, and has a monthly house price index.