South Africa

Rank 28 / 49

Parliamentary Republic·Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)·61M population·Africa

Civica Index

CI · Q4 2023

57.6/ 100

MixedQuarterly cadence

Rank 28 of 49. Structural index across six weighted dimensions. Updated quarterly.

Civica Pulse

CP · Live

—/ 100

Awaiting eventsDaily cadence

Pulse score not available yet.

Civica Index breakdown · 6 dimensionsweights fixed · source-specific inputs

How the 57.6 is calculated.

Democratic Quality

V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index

30%

59.8

contributes 17.9 pts

Rule of Law

World Bank WGI

20%

53.9

contributes 10.8 pts

Human Development

UNDP HDI

15%

57.4

contributes 8.6 pts

Freedom & Rights

Freedom House

15%

75.0

contributes 11.3 pts

Corruption Control

Transparency International

10%

38.0

contributes 3.8 pts

Stability & Security

Global Peace Index

10%

52.4

contributes 5.2 pts

History · quarterly CI trend

How the index has moved over time.

Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.

Regional rank

Where South Africa sits against peers.

Global#28 of 49

Africa#1 of 6

Parliamentary democracy#10 of 14

Compare with

+ Kenya + Nigeria + Egypt

CapitalPretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

Population61,089,926

Current quarter2023 Q4

Methodologyv1.0

Government taxonomy

Raw source

parliamentary republic

Regime type

Civilian dictatorship · 2025

Structure

Parliamentary democracy · Parliamentary Republic

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Civica Index for South Africa, 2026-04-22. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/south-africa