Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers was 0.0659 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 0.0659 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 — other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 0.0659 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0659 Index, in 2014.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0659 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0659 Index | 0.0659 Index | 0.0659 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0659 Index | 0.0659 Index | 0.0659 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 27 Niger 0.084 Index compare
- 28 Benin 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Mali 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Nepal 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Gabon 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Mozambique 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Senegal 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Chad 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Eritrea 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Ghana 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Philippines 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Serbia 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Sudan 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 India 0.0659 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.41 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.35 Percent per annum (2029)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 18.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 21.91 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 89,480 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 8.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4375 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,787 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 24.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.11 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.0659 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0659 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0659 Index in 2014.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers affecting trade in digitally enabled services. 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