The financial linkages between South Africa and the UK are somewhat large, if one considers that, at the end of 2014, South Africa’s liabilities to the UK amounted to 46,5 per cent of domestic GDP while assets amounted to 33,2 per cent of GDP.
However in other parameters Israel ranks very low: for example, on legal procedures relating to the enforcement of contracts (102nd place); on the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse (109th place); and on registering property (152nd place). These findings will not surprise any Israeli.