Property rights sub-score of South Africa on the Economic Freedom Index 2000-2020
The property rights sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for South Africa was 58.4 as of 2020, which presented a slight decline of 0.4 points from the preceding year. Between 2000 and 2020, the sub-score fluctuated between 50 points from 2000 to 2015 and 67.7 points in 2018. Throughout the period under review, the South African value exceeded the African average, while the same was nearly true with comparison to the world average, except for the years 2000 and 2001. According to the index, the property rights in South Africa were considered "mostly unfree" as of 2020.