Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) in South Africa
South Africa: Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) was 81.29 scale 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score in South Africa, 2016–2024
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in scale 0-100.
Analysis
In 2024, statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score in South Africa stood at 81.29 scale 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score in South Africa peaked at 81.7 scale 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.64 scale 0-100, in 2019.
That places South Africa 61st out of 181 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) in South Africa, year by year
| Year | scale 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 76.15 scale 0-100 | — |
| 2017 | 75.94 scale 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 75.58 scale 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 73.64 scale 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 75.5 scale 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 81.04 scale 0-100 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 81.24 scale 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 81.7 scale 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 81.29 scale 0-100 | -0.5% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 81.29 scale 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.21 scale 0-100, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 81.29 scale 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 64.17 scale 0-100, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.33 scale 0-100 | 73.64 scale 0-100 | 76.15 scale 0-100 | 4 |
| 2020s | 80.15 scale 0-100 | 75.5 scale 0-100 | 81.7 scale 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More public sector data for South Africa
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 30.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4746 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score in South Africa?
- Statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score in South Africa was 81.29 scale 0-100 in 2024, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 81.7 scale 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.64 scale 0-100 in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score?
- South Africa ranks 61st out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is statistical performance indicators (spi): overall score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The SPI overall score is a composite score measuring country performance across five pillars: data use, data services, data products, data sources, and data infrastructure. The new Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) will replace the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI), which the World Bank has regularly published since 2004. Although the goals are the same, to offer a better tool to measure the statistical systems of countries, the new SPI framework has expanded into new areas including in the areas of data use, administrative data, geospatial data, data services, and data infrastructure. The SPI provides a framework that can help countries measure where they stand in several dimensions and offers an ambitious measurement agenda for the international community.