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South Africa - INFORM Risk Index Overall 5.1

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

Latest value

5.1 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 191 economies

vs global median

1.4×

Growth since 2016

1.11×

Ranking Race — INFORM Risk Index Overall

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#25#49#73#97#121#145201620212025#129#1352023 overtook Liberia2024 overtook Malawi
South AfricaSingaporeLuxembourgLiechtensteinDenmark

Real annual global ranks, 2016 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #129 to #135 (overtook Liberia). 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.

2023
Overtook Liberia in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Malawi in global rank auto

INFORM Risk Index Overall, 2016-2025

INFORM (EC DRMKC) · 0-10 (higher = more risk) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2016202120254.64.835.075.3
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