Getting credit: Distance to frontier in South Africa

South Africa: Getting credit: Distance to frontier was 60 0-100 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
60 0-100
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
74th
of 189 countries
All-time high
60 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
60 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in South Africa, 2015–2019

02040602015201720192015: 60 0-1002016: 60 0-1002017: 60 0-1002018: 60 0-1002019: 60 0-100

Source: World Bank. Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2019, getting credit: distance to frontier in South Africa stood at 60 0-100. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

South Africa ranks 74th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Getting credit: Distance to frontier in South Africa, year by year

Annual values for Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100) in South Africa, 2015 to 2019.
Year 0-100 Change
2015 60 0-100 —
2016 60 0-100 +0.0%
2017 60 0-100 +0.0%
2018 60 0-100 +0.0%
2019 60 0-100 +0.0%

South Africa compared with similar countries

  • South Africa's 60 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 57.5 0-100, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • South Africa's 60 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35 0-100, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 74 Cameroon 60 0-100 compare
  2. 74 China 60 0-100 compare
  3. 74 Cyprus 60 0-100 compare
  4. 74 Ghana 60 0-100 compare
  5. 74 Iceland 60 0-100 compare
  6. 74 Laos 60 0-100 compare
  7. 74 Namibia 60 0-100 compare
  8. 74 Spain 60 0-100 compare
  9. 74 Switzerland 60 0-100 compare
  10. 74 Uganda 60 0-100 compare
  11. 74 Uruguay 60 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is getting credit: distance to frontier in South Africa?
Getting credit: distance to frontier in South Africa was 60 0-100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 60 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 60 0-100 in 2015.
How does South Africa rank for getting credit: distance to frontier?
South Africa ranks 74th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this South Africa data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 945 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

Getting credit: Distance to the frontier denotes the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on the getting credit indicator across all economies included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier.