Financial freedom sub-score of South Africa 2000-2020
As of 2020, the financial freedom on the Economic Freedom Index for South Africa was 50, which was the same as the preceding year. Throughout the period under review, the South African financial freedom sub-score exceeded the African continent average. Moreover, the value was higher than the world average in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, as well as from 2007 onwards. According to the index, financial freedom in South Africa was considered "mostly unfree" since 2017.