Sworn Score
Country profile
South Africa
Africa · Capital: Pretoria
Score 52.2 ± 2 · Rank #110 of scored countries in 2025.
Based on 123/123 indicators, avg data age 2.5 years.
Category breakdown
How South Africa scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
51.9
Economy
35.2
Governance
56.5
Education
62.4
Infrastructure
53.0
Environment
46.9
Rights
62.3
Promises
Latest promise updates
2 achieved · 1 on track · 15 failing
History
South Africa — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1983: -7.9 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53.0 | 106 |
| 2025 | 52.2 | 110 |
| 2024 | 52.0 | 114 |
| 2023 | 51.6 | 114 |
| 2022 | 52.9 | 114 |
| 2021 | 52.7 | 114 |
| 2020 | 50.8 | 113 |
| 2019 | 52.1 | 114 |
| 2018 | 52.0 | 115 |
| 2017 | 52.5 | 112 |
| 2016 | 52.7 | 111 |
| 2015 | 52.2 | 113 |
| 2014 | 51.1 | 116 |
| 2013 | 50.9 | 114 |
| 2012 | 51.4 | 114 |
| 2011 | 51.2 | 113 |
| 2010 | 50.9 | 114 |
| 2009 | 51.7 | 113 |
| 2008 | 52.0 | 111 |
| 2007 | 52.9 | 110 |
| 2006 | 52.5 | 107 |
| 2005 | 52.5 | 107 |
| 2004 | 51.9 | 103 |
| 2003 | 51.3 | 102 |
| 2002 | 52.5 | 99 |
| 2001 | 53.6 | 90 |
| 2000 | 52.9 | 99 |
| 1999 | 54.4 | 94 |
| 1998 | 55.1 | 91 |
| 1997 | 56.6 | 74 |
| 1996 | 56.4 | 73 |
| 1995 | 58.4 | 85 |
| 1994 | 57.7 | 84 |
| 1993 | 58.1 | 84 |
| 1992 | 57.9 | 76 |
| 1991 | 57.8 | 65 |
| 1990 | 56.9 | 66 |
| 1989 | 57.1 | 58 |
| 1988 | 54.2 | 62 |
| 1987 | 54.0 | 63 |
| 1986 | 54.3 | 58 |
| 1985 | 54.5 | 51 |
| 1984 | 53.9 | 48 |
| 1983 | 60.9 | 44 |
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