Trade freedom sub-score of South Africa 2000-2020
The trade freedom sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for South Africa was 75.8 as of 2020. This was a decline of 0.2 points from 2019. Throughout the period under review, the South African value was higher than the African continent average. In comparison to the world average, the South African trade freedom was higher in 2003, from 2005 to 2017 , 2019, and 2010. In the last two decades, the sub-score for trade freedom ranged between 61 points from 2000 to 2002 and 77.8 points in 2005 and 2006. According to the index, trade freedom in South Africa was considered "mostly free" since 2005.