Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20) in South Africa
South Africa: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20) was 41.67 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20) in South Africa, 2013–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 41.67 for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
South Africa ranks 109th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20) in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 41.67 | — |
| 2014 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41.67 | +0.0% |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 109 Bangladesh 41.67 compare
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- 109 Antigua and Barbuda 41.67 compare
- 109 Botswana 41.67 compare
- 109 Croatia 41.67 compare
- 109 Egypt 41.67 compare
- 109 Fiji 41.67 compare
- 109 Korea 41.67 compare
- 109 Lesotho 41.67 compare
- 109 Namibia 41.67 compare
- 109 Norway 41.67 compare
- 109 Sierra Leone 41.67 compare
- 109 Spain 41.67 compare
- 109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 41.67 compare
- 109 Saint Lucia 41.67 compare
- 109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41.67 compare
- 109 Tanzania, United Republic of 41.67 compare
- 109 Uganda 41.67 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 (0-12) (db15-20) in South Africa?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) in South Africa was 41.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 41.67 in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.67 in 2013.
- How does South Africa rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20)?
- South Africa ranks 109th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-12) (db15-20) 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 (0-12) (DB15-20 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 DB15-20 studies.