Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2281 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 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 in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 0.2281 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 0.3471 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2281 Index, in 2016.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 46th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3471 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.3471 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2281 Index | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2678 Index | 0.2281 Index | 0.3471 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2281 Index | 0.2281 Index | 0.2281 Index | 6 |
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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)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 13.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 20.24 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 82,663 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.3106 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per 1,269 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU), annual growth 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU), per unit of 4.1 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.2281 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3471 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2281 Index in 2016.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 46th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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. 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