Digital Services Trade: Infrastructure in South Africa
South Africa: Digital Services Trade: Infrastructure was 0.2381 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in South Africa, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in South Africa stood at 0.2381 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in South Africa peaked at 0.2381 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2381 Index, in 2014.
That places South Africa 16th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Digital Services Trade: Infrastructure in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2381 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2381 Index | +0.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.2381 Index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0793 Index, 3.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.2381 Index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.119 Index, 2.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2381 Index | 0.2381 Index | 0.2381 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2381 Index | 0.2381 Index | 0.2381 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 6.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0145 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 95.75 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0106 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 69.91 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -28.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0077 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in South Africa?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in South Africa was 0.2381 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2381 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2381 Index in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and?
- South Africa ranks 16th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and 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 — Infrastructure and connectivity. 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