Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in South Africa
South Africa: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory was 0.0504 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in South Africa, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.0504 Index for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in South Africa peaked at 0.0504 Index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0336 Index, in 2014.
That places South Africa 8th out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0336 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0336 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0336 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0504 Index | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.042 Index | 0.0336 Index | 0.0504 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0504 Index | 0.0504 Index | 0.0504 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 8 Australia 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Austria 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Canada 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Chile 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Colombia 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Israel 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Italy 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Mexico 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Spain 0.0504 Index compare
- 8 Thailand 0.0504 Index compare
- 9 Slovenia 0.0168 Index compare
- 9 United States 0.0168 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)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 6.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6307 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 4,161 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 11.28 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 74,434 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5809 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in South Africa?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in South Africa was 0.0504 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0504 Index in 2017.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0336 Index in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory?
- South Africa ranks 8th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. 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 Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory transparency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD STRI is a unique, evidence-based tool that collects information on services trade restrictions across 22 services sectors. The project has two distinct but complementary instruments: a services trade regulatory database and a services trade restrictiveness index. Based on the qualitative information in the database, composite indices quantify the identified restrictions across five standard policy categories, with values between zero and one. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one. This dataset presents a breakdown by economic activity at group- (3-digit) level of International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4. A zip file containing the STRI indices for all countries and sectors available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD STRI 2025