Investment freedom sub-score of South Africa 2000-2020
As of 2020, the investment freedom sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for South Africa was 45. This was the same value as the preceding year. During the last two decades, the sub-score fluctuated between 40 points in 2017 and 70 points from 2000 to 2004. The South African value was higher than Africa's average from 2000 until 2015, before dropping below it until 2020. According to the index, investment freedom in South Africa was considered "repressed" as of 2020.