South Africa - Digital STRI Intellectual Property Rights 0.02
OECD DSTRI · updated 2026-10-03 · 129 economies tracked
Global rank
#n/a of 129 economies
Share of global total
1.5%
Ranking Race — Digital STRI Intellectual Property Rights
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
South AfricaSomaliaSouth SudanAngolaRussian Federation
Real annual global ranks, 2014 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #44 to #42 (overtook Sierra Leone). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for South Africa ↓Key Events — South Africa
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
2015Credit rating downgrades curatedFiscal and growth concerns trigger rating cuts.
2016Overtook Sierra Leone in global rank auto
2020COVID-19 recession curatedDeepest contraction in a century.
Digital STRI Intellectual Property Rights, 2014-2025
OECD DSTRI · index (0-1) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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