Monetary freedom sub-score of South Africa 2000-2020
In 2020, the monetary freedom sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for South Africa was 75.9. This was 0.7 points higher than the preceding year. Between 2000 and 2020, the sub-score ranged between 70.2 points in 2010 and 83.7 points in 2006. The South African monetary freedom value was higher than the continent average throughout the period under review. Moreover, compared to the world average, the South African sub-score was higher from 2000 to 2009, between 2012 and 2014, and 2020. According to the index, monetary freedom in South Africa was considered "mostly free" since 2007.