South Africa's Data Quality Rating

DATA QUALITY RATINGS (2024)

Data rankings are produced from scores in five areas: Base year recency; SNA version; Informal economy size; research resources available; and likelihood of Government interference. Scores are based on a 0-100 scale.

Official GDP data for South Africa has been awarded the quality rating of B - Good. South Africa's GDP data quality ranks 55th on a global scale and 0 for Africa, while population and demographic data are positioned 91th and 0 respectively.

South Africa's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Economics Research, London


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Index		 World Economics
Data Grade
(A-E)		 Base
Year
Chained/Year		 SNA Framework
Version		 Informal
Economy
% of GDP		 Statistical Resources
Index		 Governance Levels
Index
Switzerland 98.6 A Chained 2008 7.5 100.0 93.1
New Zealand 98.0 A Chained 2008 10.1 100.0 93.5
Netherlands 97.9 A Chained 2008 10.0 100.0 93.2
Denmark 97.6 A Chained 2008 15.3 100.0 98.8
Luxembourg 97.5 A Chained 2008 10.0 100.0 91.2
Finland 97.4 A Chained 2008 14.7 100.0 97.3
Sweden 97.3 A Chained 2008 13.5 100.0 95.1
Norway 97.1 A Chained 2008 15.6 100.0 97
Germany 97.0 A Chained 2008 11.2 100.0 90.8
Canada 96.7 A Chained 2008 11.3 100.0 89.5
Ireland 96.6 A Chained 2008 12.6 100.0 90.8
Austria 96.5 A Chained 2008 8.8 100.0 85.4
Australia 96.3 A Chained 2008 9.8 100.0 86
United Kingdom 96.3 A Chained 2008 10.1 100.0 86.2
Japan 95.6 A Chained 2008 9.6 100.0 82.4
Iceland 95.5 A Chained 2008 14.1 100.0 88.1
United States 95.1 A Chained 2008 7.3 100.0 76.9
France 94.9 A Chained 2008 13.2 100.0 84.2
Belgium 93.8 A Chained 2008 19.2 100.0 87.1
Czechia 93.2 A Chained 2008 14.6 100.0 78.5
Portugal 92.7 A Chained 2008 20.5 100.0 84
Singapore 92.4 A Chained 2008 10.4 100.0 69
Spain 90.8 A Chained 2008 21.5 100.0 76.8
Slovenia 89.8 A Chained 2008 24.2 100.0 76.3
Taiwan 89.7 A Chained 2008 22.5 0.0 82.7
Korea, Rep. 89.6 A Chained 2008 23.0 100.0 73.8
Israel 89.2 A Chained 2008 21.0 100.0 69
Hong Kong 88.7 A Chained 2008 13.8 100.0 57
Chile 88.5 A Chained 2008 19.3 86.7 75.7
Italy 88.4 A Chained 2008 24.0 100.0 69.7
Cyprus 87.3 A Chained 2008 27.4 100.0 69.3
Malta 86.7 B Chained 2008 28.2 100.0 67.9
Costa Rica 86.6 B Chained 2008 26.8 91.1 73.4
Mauritius 86.6 B Chained 2008 20.4 85.6 69.9
Greece 86.5 B Chained 2008 27.0 100.0 65
Romania 84.6 B Chained 2008 23.9 84.4 66.5
Poland 84.5 B Chained 2008 22.5 78.9 68.9
United Arab Emirates 83.8 B Chained 2008 20.4 100.0 44.4
Croatia 83.6 B Chained 2008 29.9 86.7 68.1
Bulgaria 82.1 B Chained 2008 28.1 85.6 60.1
Estonia 81.2 B Chained 2008 22.5 40.0 89
Latvia 81.0 B Chained 2008 25.1 53.3 79.7
Mongolia 80.7 B 2015 2008 15.1 92.2 53.8
Lithuania 80.4 B Chained 2008 21.8 43.3 81.6
Bahamas, The 80.2 B 2012 2008 30.3 100.0 72.8
Slovak Republic 80.1 B Chained 2008 14.9 40.0 73.7
Armenia 79.7 B Chained 2008 39.4 94.4 56.7
Oman 79.7 B 2018 2008 19.6 100.0 40.5
Uruguay 79.5 B 2016 2008 31.8 80.0 79.4
Moldova 78.8 B Chained 2008 40.8 91.1 57.5
Brazil 78.4 B Chained 2008 33.1 81.1 54.2
North Macedonia 77.6 B Chained 2008 33.8 72.2 59.3
Colombia 77.5 B Chained 2008 33.1 82.2 49.1
Dominican Republic 76.8 B Chained 2008 34.1 72.2 56.5
South Africa 76.6 B 2015 2008 28.7 81.1 63.8
Georgia 75.9 B Chained 2008 46.4 87.8 54.8
Jordan 75.4 B 2016 2008 16.9 77.8 43
Türkiye 74.5 B Chained 2008 31.2 81.1 34.1
Malaysia 74.4 B 2015 2008 25.3 76.7 53.3
Hungary 74.0 B Chained 2008 23.4 40.0 58.3
Bahrain 73.6 B 2010 2008 17.2 100.0 31
Serbia 73.6 B 2015 2008 31.5 88.9 47.2
Qatar 73.5 C 2018 1993 16.4 100.0 53.2
Indonesia 73.4 C 2010 2008 22.6 85.6 50.4
China 72.8 C 2015 2008 12.5 80.0 25.8
Malawi 72.8 C 2017 2008 30.8 70.0 54.2
Morocco 72.6 C Chained 2008 31.8 66.7 39.6
Namibia 72.5 C 2015 2008 24.7 51.1 67
Saudi Arabia 72.3 C 2010 2008 22.6 100.0 32.8
Philippines 72.0 C 2018 2008 34.5 82.2 42.3
Ukraine 72.0 C Chained 2008 43.6 72.2 47.7
Algeria 71.7 C Chained 2008 17.3 50.0 30.8
Botswana 71.6 C 2016 2008 26.5 50.0 63.7
Ghana 71.0 C 2013 2008 35.7 71.1 62.3
Sri Lanka 70.8 C 2015 2008 31.3 80.0 42.2
Suriname 70.6 C 2015 2008 32.8 57.8 63.4
Mexico 70.3 C 2013 2008 29.3 80.0 42.6
Rwanda 70.2 C 2017 2008 31.4 73.3 40.6
Cabo Verde 70.1 C Chained 1993 31.6 65.6 73.5
Belarus 69.8 C Chained 2008 37.5 83.3 20
Russia 69.5 C Chained 2008 37.8 82.2 19.9
Albania 69.2 C Chained 1993 32.5 87.8 50.9
Burkina Faso 69.1 C 2015 2008 33.0 67.8 48.1
Brunei 68.7 C 2010 2008 29.5 0.0 53.8
Togo 68.5 C 2016 2008 29.5 67.8 37.8
Senegal 68.1 C 2014 2008 37.6 66.7 53.3
Niger 68.0 C 2015 2008 36.4 68.9 46.7
Argentina 67.7 C 2004 2008 30.0 78.9 56.7
Lesotho 67.6 C 2012 2008 31.0 67.8 46.7
Benin 67.5 C Chained 2008 49.3 62.2 44.4
Cote d'Ivoire 67.5 C 2015 2008 40.7 71.1 48.2
El Salvador 67.5 C 2014 2008 41.2 82.2 41.7
India 67.4 C 2011 2008 37.6 76.7 49
Guatemala 67.3 D Chained 2008 49.2 73.3 33.1
Trinidad and Tobago 67.2 D 2012 2008 31.5 47.8 63.3
Mauritania 66.9 D 2014 2008 31.3 61.1 44.6
Uganda 66.8 D 2016 2008 34.3 71.1 33.8
Kenya 66.6 D 2016 2008 33.0 57.8 43.1
Turkmenistan 66.1 D Chained 2008 34.9 72.2 9.8
Comoros 66.0 D Chained 2008 36.3 46.7 34.1
Lebanon 65.8 D Chained 2008 31.5 44.4 28.3
Pakistan 65.8 D 2016 2008 35.7 72.2 30.4
Kuwait 65.6 D 2010 1993 20.0 100.0 44
Gambia 65.1 D 2013 2008 44.1 70.0 48.3
Kyrgyzstan 64.4 D Chained 1993 31.2 90.0 26
Peru 64.0 D 2007 2008 42.0 80.0 47.4
Mozambique 63.9 D 2014 2008 33.9 62.2 33.6
Tunisia 63.8 D Chained 1993 30.4 58.9 50
Tanzania 63.5 D 2017 2008 47.0 63.3 40.4
Paraguay 63.2 D 2014 2008 46.5 65.6 44.7
Kazakhstan 63.1 D Chained 1993 31.7 78.9 30.8
Ecuador 62.8 D 2007 2008 37.3 65.6 48.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.2 D Chained 1993 33.3 60.0 45.7
Thailand 61.7 D Chained 1993 46.4 83.3 40.2
Cameroon 61.5 D 2016 2008 30.0 46.7 26.1
Eswatini 61.4 D 2011 2008 40.7 71.1 31.8
Sierra Leone 61.3 D 2006 2008 37.1 60.0 49.5
Zambia 60.8 D 2010 2008 38.2 53.3 44.1
Uzbekistan 60.6 D Chained 1993 27.7 67.8 23.8
Azerbaijan 59.4 D Chained 1993 36.7 80.0 19.9
Panama 59.1 D Chained 1993 51.6 61.1 55.4
Myanmar 57.9 D 2016 2008 49.4 74.4 11.5
Tajikistan 57.1 D Chained 1993 36.9 72.2 16.6
Nicaragua 57.0 D Chained 2008 53.0 46.7 16.5
Egypt 56.9 E 2016 1993 35.0 82.2 25.6
Vietnam 56.4 E 2010 1993 20.9 74.4 26.9
Jamaica 55.5 E 2007 1993 33.3 54.4 65.3
Guyana 55.4 E 2012 1993 29.4 45.6 54.3
Bangladesh 54.4 E 2016 1993 30.6 60.0 28.2
Bhutan 54.4 E 2000 1993 23.1 60.0 60.1
Liberia 54.4 E 2016 1993 42.8 57.8 46.4
Nigeria 53.3 E 2010 2008 57.9 53.3 36.9
Papua New Guinea 53.3 E 2013 1993 34.9 52.2 44
Haiti 52.6 E 2011 2008 55.5 53.3 28.2
Laos 52.2 E 2012 1993 27.6 62.2 22.9
Ethiopia 51.8 E 2015 1993 34.0 47.8 34.6
Zimbabwe 51.7 E 2012 2008 64.7 58.9 28.9
Nepal 51.3 E 2000 1993 33.3 72.2 48.9
Guinea-Bissau 50.9 E 2015 1993 35.9 48.9 32.4
Madagascar 49.4 E 2007 1993 36.5 54.4 42.5
Guinea 47.6 E 2010 1993 39.1 51.1 33
Burundi 44.6 E 2005 1993 36.6 57.8 23.3
Chad 44.4 E 2005 1993 34.5 54.4 22.5
Mali 44.1 E 1999 1993 33.2 60.0 30.1
Angola 41.7 E 2002 1993 39.5 45.6 33.2
Libya 41.4 E 2013 1993 34.6 25.6 14.2
Congo, Rep. 40.9 E 2005 1993 39.8 38.9 28.1
Cambodia 40.5 E 2000 1993 41.2 60.0 22.5
Honduras 40.4 E 2000 1993 46.4 56.7 32.1
Yemen, Rep. 39.9 E 2007 1993 27.1 27.8 11.2
Central African Republic 38.2 E 2005 1993 44.8 36.7 24.7
Congo, Dem. Rep 36.8 E 2005 1993 48.5 40.0 20.5
Gabon 36.6 E 2001 1993 51.2 40.0 33.7
Bolivia 35.8 E 1990 1993 54.6 66.7 39.7
Sudan 31.4 E 1996 1968 36.0 54.4 35
Afghanistan 28.6 E 2002 1993 73.5 57.8 9.7


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Key:
Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excelent.

Resources Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Low level of resources, 100 = High level of resources.

Governance Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor governance, 100 = Good governance.

Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality







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