South Africa's Upgraded Data Quality Rating

DATA QUALITY RATINGS (2021)

Offical GDP data for South Africa has been awarded the quality rating of B - Use With Caution. World Economics has calculated that if South Africa records it's informal economy size and moved to chain weighting for it's GDP base year, this would move it's rating to grade U.

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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Afghanistan E U
Albania C U
Algeria C U
Angola E U
Argentina C U
Armenia B U
Australia A U
Austria A U
Azerbaijan D U
Bahamas, The B U
Bahrain C U
Bangladesh E U
Belarus C U
Belgium A U
Benin C U
Bhutan E U
Bolivia E U
Bosnia and Herzegovina D U
Botswana C U
Brazil B U
Brunei C U
Bulgaria B U
Burkina Faso C U
Burundi E U
Cabo Verde C U
Cambodia E U
Cameroon D U
Canada A U
Central African Republic E U
Chad E U
Chile A U
China C U
Colombia B U
Comoros D U
Congo, Dem. Rep E U
Congo, Rep. E U
Costa Rica B U
Cote d'Ivoire C U
Croatia B U
Cyprus A U
Czechia A U
Denmark A U
Dominican Republic B U
Ecuador D U
Egypt D U
El Salvador C U
Estonia B U
Eswatini D U
Ethiopia E U
Finland A U
France A U
Gabon E U
Gambia D U
Georgia B U
Germany A U
Ghana C U
Greece B U
Guatemala D U
Guinea E U
Guinea-Bissau E U
Guyana E U
Haiti E U
Honduras E U
Hong Kong A U
Hungary B U
Iceland A U
India C U
Indonesia C U
Ireland A U
Israel A U
Italy A U
Jamaica E U
Japan A U
Jordan B U
Kazakhstan D U
Kenya D U
Korea, Rep. A U
Kuwait D U
Kyrgyzstan D U
Laos E U
Latvia B U
Lebanon D U
Lesotho C U
Liberia E U
Libya E U
Lithuania B U
Luxembourg A U
Madagascar E U
Malawi C U
Malaysia B U
Mali E U
Malta B U
Mauritania D U
Mauritius B U
Mexico C U
Moldova B U
Mongolia B U
Morocco C U
Mozambique D U
Myanmar D U
Namibia C U
Nepal E U
Netherlands A U
New Zealand A U
Nicaragua D U
Niger C U
Nigeria E U
North Macedonia B U
Norway A U
Oman B U
Pakistan D U
Panama D U
Papua New Guinea E U
Paraguay D U
Peru D U
Philippines C U
Poland B U
Portugal A U
Qatar B U
Romania B U
Russia C U
Rwanda C U
Saudi Arabia C U
Senegal C U
Serbia B U
Sierra Leone D U
Singapore A U
Slovak Republic B U
Slovenia A U
South Africa B U
Spain A U
Sri Lanka C U
Sudan E U
Suriname C U
Sweden A U
Switzerland A U
Taiwan A U
Tajikistan E U
Tanzania D U
Thailand D U
Togo C U
Trinidad and Tobago D U
Tunisia D U
Türkiye B U
Turkmenistan D U
Uganda D U
Ukraine C U
United Arab Emirates B U
United Kingdom A U
United States A U
Uruguay B U
Uzbekistan D U
Vietnam E U
Yemen, Rep. E U
Zambia D U
Zimbabwe E U


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Grade definitions:

         A: As good as it gets;
         B: Use with caution;
         C: Unreliable for many purposes
         D: Extremely poor quality.







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