South Africa: Financial markets development, access

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 South Africa

Financial markets development, access

 Latest value 0.401
 Year 2021
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1980 - 2021
 Average 0.204
 Min - Max 0.072 - 0.427
 Source International Monetary Fund
The latest value from 2021 is 0.401 index points, an increase from 0.384 index points in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.361 index points, based on data from 114 countries. Historically, the average for South Africa from 1980 to 2021 is 0.204 index points. The minimum value, 0.072 index points, was reached in 1981 while the maximum of 0.427 index points was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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South Africa - Financial markets development, access - Recent values chart

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South Africa - Financial markets development, access - historical chart - 1980-2021




Definition: Measures access to the financial markets using principal components methodology with these variables: Percent of market capitalization outside of top 10 largest companies and Total number of issuers of debt (domestic and external, nonfinancial and financial corporations). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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