Embed This Data - GDP (PPP): - $555.1 billion - 3.1% growth -
2.7% 5-year compound annual growth - $10,973 per capita -
Inflation (CPI): - FDI Inflow: South Africa’s economic freedom
score is 61.8, making its economy the 74th freest in the 2013
Index. Its score is 0.9 point lower than last year due to losses
in half of the 10 economic freedoms including those measuring
the control of government spending and freedom from corruption.
South Africa is ranked 6th out of 46 countries in the Sub-
Saharan Africa region, and its overall score is higher than the
world and regional averages. South Africa has been losing ground
on economic freedom for five years. The economy continues to be
“moderately free,” but the level of economic freedom this year
is the second lowest in the country’s 19-year Index history. The
foundations of economic freedom are neither well established nor
strongly protected. The judicial system remains weak and
vulnerable to corruption, undermining the rule of law and
prospects for stable long-ter