{"id":127175,"date":"2016-06-18T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=127175"},"modified":"2016-06-19T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T05:20:20","slug":"this-is-the-true-value-of-being-south-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/127175\/this-is-the-true-value-of-being-south-african\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the true value of being South African"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residence and citizenship planning group Henley &\u00a0Partners has released its latest Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), showing the value of being\u00a0South African, versus other nationalities in the world.<\/p>\n

According to H&P, the QNI measures more than the simple quality of a country, focusing on\u00a0the opportunities and limitations that our nationalities impose on us.<\/p>\n

The QNI measures both the internal value of nationality\u00a0–\u00a0which refers to the quality of life within a nationality\u2019s country of origin\u00a0–\u00a0and the external value of nationality, which identifies the diversity and quality of opportunities that nationalities allow us to pursue outside our countries of origin.<\/p>\n

“The reality that the QNI describes is in many respects regrettable: in the absolute majority of circumstances our nationality plays an important role in establishing a highly irrational ceiling for our opportunities and aspirations, reflecting the core aspect of being a national of some place, which is a random act of birth boasting no correlation with any person\u2019s achievements, ideas, feelings and desires,”\u00a0the group said.<\/p>\n

Internally, the QNI looks at how successful the country is in terms of human development, economic prosperity and stability and peace.<\/p>\n

External factors\u00a0look at home\u00a0nationalities allow its holders to travel all around the world unobstructed, or make tourist and business travel dependent on acquiring endless visas.<\/p>\n

In the assessment South Africa is described as a “medium quality” nationality,\u00a0ranked 89th overall the lowest position for the nation in the 5 years the index has been running.<\/p>\n

\"Quality<\/a><\/p>\n

South Africa performs\u00a0strongest in the fields of human development , stability and peace and diversity of travel freedom, but fall apart in pretty much every other category.<\/p>\n

The country’s overall score is 30.0%, which is 0.2 percentage points down from its 2014 position. The highest score South Africa has achieved is 30.5% in 2012, showing that the country has done little to deviate from this position.<\/p>\n

Highest and lowest quality nationalities in the world<\/p>\n

The table below shows the highest and lowest ranked nationalities in the world, according to H&P.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nScore<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n83.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\n83.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nFinland<\/td>\n82.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\n81.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nIceland<\/td>\n81.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n81.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n81.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n81.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n80.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n80.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\n30.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/td>\nSyria<\/td>\n17.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\nPakistan<\/td>\n17.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\nEthiopia<\/td>\n17.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n16.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\nBurundi<\/td>\n16.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\nSudan<\/td>\n16.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\nEritrea<\/td>\n15.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\nCentral African Republic<\/td>\n15.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\nAfghanistan<\/td>\n14.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n14.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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