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    South Africa ranked 75th out of 178 countries in economic freedom in 2014 according to the Heritage Foundation index, with a score of 62.5. While this was higher than other BRICS nations like Brazil, Russia, India, and China, South Africa still lagged behind countries at the top of the index like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. The document also shows rankings and scores for other African nations compared to South Africa.

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    South Africa ranked 75th out of 178 countries in economic freedom in 2014 according to the Heritage Foundation index, with a score of 62.5. While this was higher than other BRICS nations like Brazil, Russia, India, and China, South Africa still lagged behind countries at the top of the index like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. The document also shows rankings and scores for other African nations compared to South Africa.

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    South Africa ranked 75th out of 178 countries in economic freedom in 2014 according to the Heritage Foundation index, with a score of 62.5. While this was higher than other BRICS nations like Brazil, Russia, India, and China, South Africa still lagged behind countries at the top of the index like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. The document also shows rankings and scores for other African nations compared to South Africa.

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    2014 Index of Economic Freedom

    South Africa
    CATEGORY Level of economic freedom Global rank Regional rank 2008 63.2 57 4 2009 63.8 61 3 2010 62.8 72 4 2011 62.7 74 5 2012 62.7 70 5 2013 61.8 74 6 2014 62.5 75 6

    Brics

    CATEGORY Level of economic freedom Global Rank out of 178 countries

    BRAZIL 56.9 114

    RUSSIA 51.9 140

    INDIA 55.7 120

    CHINA 52.5 137

    RSA 62.5 75

    Regional comparison with top 5


    CATEGORY Level of economic freedom Global rank out of 178 countries 76.5 8

    MAURITIUS BOTSWANA CAPE VERDE RWANDA 72 27 66.1 60 64.7 65

    GHANA 64.2 66

    Highest world rankings


    COUNTRY RANKING 1 2 3 4 5 12 75 Hong Kong Singapore Australia Switzerland New Zealand USA South Africa
    Source: heritage.org

    SCORE 90.1 89.4 82 81.6 81.2 75.5 62.5

    Lowest world rankings


    COUNTRY Eritrea Venezuela Zimbabwe Cuba North Korea RANKING 174 175 176 177 178

    SCORE 38.5 36.3 35.5 28.7 1

    Countries not ranked


    COUNTRY Afghanistan Iraq Kosovo Libya Liechtenstein Somalia Sudan Syria

    SCORE N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA LEVEL OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM 100-80 79.9-70 69.9-60 59.9-50 49.9-0 N/A

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