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South Africa - INFORM Lack of Coping Capacity 4.9

INFORM (EC DRMKC) · updated 2026-10-03 · 191 economies tracked

Latest value

4.9 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 191 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 2016

1×

Ranking Race — INFORM Lack of Coping Capacity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#79201620212025#83#742022 overtook Bosnia and Herzegovina2023 overtook Sri Lanka
South AfricaSouth SudanCentral African RepublicChadCongo, Dem. Rep.

Real annual global ranks, 2016 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #83 to #74 (overtook Bosnia and Herzegovina). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for South Africa ↓

Key Events — South Africa

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Deepest contraction in a century.

2022
Overtook Bosnia and Herzegovina in global rank auto
2023
Overtook Sri Lanka in global rank auto

INFORM Lack of Coping Capacity, 2016-2025

INFORM (EC DRMKC) · 0-10 (higher = more risk) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2016202120254.84.874.935

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