Southern African Customs Union

Southern African Customs Union - customs union, established in 1910, among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. Article “Southern African Customs Union” in English Wikipedia has 46.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Southern African Customs Union”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 343 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 456 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1292 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #45344 in February 2018
• Global: #37990 in April 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #165618 in June 2010
• Global: #167038 in June 2010

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		46.8357
2	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		30.5094
3	Chinese (zh) 南部非洲关税同盟		27.6911
4	Ukrainian (uk) Південноафриканський митний союз		25.7159
5	Croatian (hr) Južnoafrička carinska unija		18.9527
6	Greek (el) Νότια Αφρικανική Τελωνειακή Ένωση		17.2112
7	Polish (pl) SACU		14.9134
8	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		14.6254
9	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		13.7487
10	Russian (ru) Южноафриканский таможенный союз		12.1637

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Southern African Customs Union" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		751 206
2	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		201 146
3	Russian (ru) Южноафриканский таможенный союз		124 232
4	Portuguese (pt) União Aduaneira da África Austral		106 504
5	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		67 730
6	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		31 300
7	Chinese (zh) 南部非洲关税同盟		21 701
8	Czech (cs) Jihoafrická celní unie		16 199
9	Italian (it) Unione doganale dell'Africa meridionale		9 712
10	Swedish (sv) Sydafrikanska tullunionen		6 662

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Southern African Customs Union" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		2 518
2	Russian (ru) Южноафриканский таможенный союз		405
3	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		208
4	Portuguese (pt) União Aduaneira da África Austral		168
5	Chinese (zh) 南部非洲关税同盟		159
6	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		117
7	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		114
8	Italian (it) Unione doganale dell'Africa meridionale		47
9	Polish (pl) SACU		44
10	Ukrainian (uk) Південноафриканський митний союз		34

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Southern African Customs Union" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		102
2	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		61
3	Russian (ru) Южноафриканский таможенный союз		30
4	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		25
5	Italian (it) Unione doganale dell'Africa meridionale		24
6	Portuguese (pt) União Aduaneira da África Austral		15
7	Chinese (zh) 南部非洲关税同盟		11
8	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		9
9	Croatian (hr) Južnoafrička carinska unija		9
10	Ukrainian (uk) Південноафриканський митний союз		9

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Southern African Customs Union" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Ukrainian (uk) Південноафриканський митний союз		1
2	Arabic (ar) الاتحاد الجمركي لإفريقيا الجنوبية		0
3	Belarusian (be) Паўднёваафрыканскі мытны саюз		0
4	Czech (cs) Jihoafrická celní unie		0
5	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		0
6	Greek (el) Νότια Αφρικανική Τελωνειακή Ένωση		0
7	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		0
8	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		0
9	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		0
10	Croatian (hr) Južnoafrička carinska unija		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Southern African Customs Union" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Southern African Customs Union		456
2	French (fr) Union douanière d'Afrique australe		283
3	Arabic (ar) الاتحاد الجمركي لإفريقيا الجنوبية		95
4	Chinese (zh) 南部非洲关税同盟		90
5	Dutch (nl) Douane-unie van Zuidelijk Afrika		82
6	Portuguese (pt) União Aduaneira da África Austral		80
7	Russian (ru) Южноафриканский таможенный союз		48
8	Spanish (es) Unión Aduanera de África Austral		45
9	German (de) Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika		35
10	Czech (cs) Jihoafrická celní unie		32

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الاتحاد الجمركي لإفريقيا الجنوبية
be	Belarusian Паўднёваафрыканскі мытны саюз
cs	Czech Jihoafrická celní unie
de	German Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika
el	Greek Νότια Αφρικανική Τελωνειακή Ένωση
en	English Southern African Customs Union
es	Spanish Unión Aduanera de África Austral
fr	French Union douanière d'Afrique australe
hr	Croatian Južnoafrička carinska unija
it	Italian Unione doganale dell'Africa meridionale
nl	Dutch Douane-unie van Zuidelijk Afrika
pl	Polish SACU
pt	Portuguese União Aduaneira da África Austral
ro	Romanian Uniunea Vamală a Africii de Sud
ru	Russian Южноафриканский таможенный союз
sv	Swedish Sydafrikanska tullunionen
uk	Ukrainian Південноафриканський митний союз
zh	Chinese 南部非洲关税同盟

Best Rank

English: #165618 06.2010

Global: #167038 06.2010

Best Rank

English: #45344 02.2018

Global: #37990 04.2009

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