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South Africa - INFORM Vulnerability 4.3

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

Latest value

4.3 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 191 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 2016

0.91×

Ranking Race — INFORM Vulnerability

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#79201620212025#70#792021 overtook Eswatini2025 overtook Mexico
South AfricaSomalia, Federal Republic ofSouth SudanYemen, Rep.Afghanistan

Real annual global ranks, 2016 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #70 to #79 (overtook Eswatini). 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.

2021
Overtook Eswatini in global rank auto
2021
Climbed 25 places in global rank auto
2023
Fell 23 places in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Mexico in global rank auto

INFORM Vulnerability, 2016-2025

INFORM (EC DRMKC) · 0-10 (higher = more risk) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2016202120254.34.675.035.4
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