FreedomRankings
ZA

South Africa

Africa

South Africa ranks #55 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 68.3/100.

Score
68.3
B-

Universal category breakdown

Religion
8.9A

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 8.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.7A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.870 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Freedom of Movement
8.0A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 8/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
7.5B+

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (75.7/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (73/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Equal Protection
7.4B

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.740 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Economic Liberty
6.6B-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Property Rights
5.9C

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 5.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Due Process
5.6C

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.56/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Privacy
5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

EditorialEditorialView source
Political Participation
4.7D+

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.470 (0–1)

V-DemView source