Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness in South Africa
South Africa: Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness was 0.4697 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness in South Africa, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness in South Africa stood at 0.4697 Index.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness in South Africa peaked at 0.5101 Index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4307 Index, in 2014.
That places South Africa 10th out of 108 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4307 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.4307 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4307 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5101 Index | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5101 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4881 Index | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4697 Index | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4697 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4697 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4697 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4697 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4697 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4667 Index | 0.4307 Index | 0.5101 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4697 Index | 0.4697 Index | 0.4697 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 7 United Kingdom 0.3539 Index compare
- 7 Singapore 0.5154 Index compare
- 8 Chile 0.5094 Index compare
- 9 Latvia 0.3504 Index compare
- 9 Sudan 0.5094 Index compare
- 11 Canada 0.4545 Index compare
- 11 Türkiye 0.3326 Index compare
- 11 Namibia 0.4545 Index compare
- 12 Eswatini 0.3315 Index compare
- 13 Eritrea 0.4487 Index compare
- 13 Mauritania 0.3178 Index compare
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)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1225 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 808.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.19 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 14,463 current LCU per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.0949 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 626.22 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 7,985 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness in South Africa?
- Digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness in South Africa was 0.4697 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5101 Index in 2017.
- What is the lowest digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4307 Index in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness?
- South Africa ranks 10th out of 108 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital stri heterogeneity indices — services trade restrictiveness rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness heterogeneity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Digital STRI heterogeneity indices complement the existing Digital STRI's and presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the Digital STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the countries have the same regulation. For each country pair and each sector, the indices reflect the (weighted) share of measures for which the two countries have different regulation. A zip file containing the STRI indices for all countries and sectors available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD Digital STRI HETEROGENEITY 2014-2025