Cameroon vs South Africa: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Cameroon
- South Africa
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.3085 Index against 0.3022 Index in South Africa, a difference of 0.0063 Index.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was South Africa ahead.
Cameroon ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 31st of 109 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2737 Index | 0.3022 Index | 0.0285 Index | South Africa |
| 2020s | 0.2821 Index | 0.3022 Index | 0.0201 Index | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Cameroon or South Africa?
- Cameroon, at 0.3085 Index against 0.3022 Index in South Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Cameroon and South Africa?
- 0.0063 Index, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and South Africa?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and South Africa rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Cameroon ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 31st of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The OECD Digital STRI identifies, catalogues and quantifies barriers that affect trade in digitally enabled services across 129 countries. It provides policy makers with an evidence-based tool that helps to identify regulatory bottlenecks, design policies that foster more competitive and diversified markets for digital trade, and analyze the impact of policy reforms. The OECD Digital STRI captures cross-cutting impediments that affect all types of services traded digitally. As a stand-alone instrument, it complements the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI). A zip file containing the OECD Digital STRI indices for all countries available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD Digital STRI 2014-2025