Africa: Property Rights Index

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Angola	20
Benin	30
Botswana	70
Burkina Faso	30
Burundi	30
Cameroon	30
Cape Verde	70
CAR	20
Chad	20
Congo(Brazza)	10
Cote d'Ivoire	30
Djibouti	30
Eq. Guinea	30
Ethiopia	30
Gabon	40
Gambia	30
Ghana	50
Guinea	30
Guinea-Bissau	20
Kenya	35
Lesotho	40
Madagascar	50
Malawi	40
Mali	30
Mauritania	30
Mauritius	60
Mozambique	30
Namibia	30
Niger	30
Nigeria	30
Rwanda	30
Senegal	50
Sierra Leone	10
South Africa	50
Swaziland	50
Tanzania	30
Togo	30
Uganda	30
Zambia	40
Zimbabwe	10

Africa: Property rights index

A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces those laws.

Higher scores are more desirable, i.e. property rights are better protected. Scores are from 0 to 100.

The index also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts.

The Global Property Guide considers protection of property rights as a significant factor affecting the desirability of a residential real estate investment.

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.