Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in South Africa
South Africa: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) was 70 in 2013. ▬ Flat
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in South Africa, 2004–2013
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in South Africa is 70, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in South Africa peaked at 70 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 70, in 2004.
South Africa ranks 52nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 70 | — |
| 2005 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70 | 70 | 70 | 6 |
| 2010s | 70 | 70 | 70 | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 52 Japan 70 compare
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- 52 Antigua and Barbuda 70 compare
- 52 Belize 70 compare
- 52 Brunei Darussalam 70 compare
- 52 Canada 70 compare
- 52 Croatia 70 compare
- 52 Estonia 70 compare
- 52 Fiji 70 compare
- 52 Germany 70 compare
- 52 Grenada 70 compare
- 52 Hungary 70 compare
- 52 Lithuania 70 compare
- 52 Malawi 70 compare
- 52 Namibia 70 compare
- 52 Peru 70 compare
- 52 Samoa 70 compare
- 52 Sierra Leone 70 compare
- 52 Saint Lucia 70 compare
- 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70 compare
- 52 Tanzania, United Republic of 70 compare
- 52 Viet Nam 70 compare
- 52 Zimbabwe 70 compare
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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in South Africa?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in South Africa was 70 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 in 2004.
- How does South Africa rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14)?
- South Africa ranks 52nd out of 184 countries with data for 2013.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. 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 DB05-14 studies.