SA economy no longer stable - Fragile States Index

South Africa’s economy has caused it to decline significantly on the 2017 Fragile States Index and the country is no longer regarded as stable.

The Fragile States Index is an annual ranking of 178 countries based on 12 social, economic and political indicators that measures their susceptibility to instability. A reduced country score indicates relative stability, while a higher score indicates instability.

South Sudan is in the first position as the world’s most fragile state, while Finland at 178 is the least.

On the latest index, South Africa has scored 72.3 from a score of 57.4 in 2007. Ten years ago, South Africa was ranked 132nd, falling into the stable category, but has since rocketed to position 96 and now falls in the elevated warning-category.

According to the index report, South Africa’s declining trend is “particularly alarming”.