Africa: Economic Freedom Rating

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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

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

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.