Registering property: Quality of land administration index … Score in South Africa
South Africa: Registering property: Quality of land administration index … Score was 51.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) in South Africa, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in South Africa stood at 51.67. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 6.9% over five years.
That places South Africa 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Registering property: Quality of land administration index … Score in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48.33 | — |
| 2016 | 48.33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 48.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 50 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 51.67 | +3.3% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 51.67 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.67, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 51.67 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 26.61, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
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)
- Commercial service imports 21.49 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in South Africa?
- Registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in South Africa was 51.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 51.67 in 2019.
- What is the lowest registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.33 in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30)?
- South Africa ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the quality of land administration index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges 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 DB17-20 studies.