Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in South Africa
South Africa: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0425 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in South Africa, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in South Africa stood at 0.0425 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in South Africa peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0425 Index, in 2014.
That places South Africa 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0425 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
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- 17 Japan 0.0425 Index compare
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- 17 Sweden 0.0425 Index compare
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- 17 Brunei Darussalam 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Côte d’Ivoire 0.0425 Index compare
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More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 6.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 6,598 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), per unit of GDP 17.89 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), per capita 118,025 current LCU per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.8659 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,713 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in South Africa?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in South Africa was 0.0425 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- South Africa ranks 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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