Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa
South Africa: Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score was 60 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score in South Africa, 2013–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in South Africa is 60, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% over ten years.
South Africa ranks 79th of 188 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near South Africa
More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 17.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 37.0% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 44.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in South Africa?
- Getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score in South Africa was 60 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 65 in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score?
- South Africa ranks 79th out of 188 groups with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit (db15-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.