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South Africa - Digital STRI Overall Index 0.3

OECD DSTRI · updated 2026-10-03 · 129 economies tracked

Latest value

0.3 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 129 economies

vs global median

1.5×

Growth since 2014

1×

Ranking Race — Digital STRI Overall Index

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#9#17#25#33#41#492014201920242025#32#362016 overtook Guinea2023 overtook Bolivia
South AfricaSomaliaKazakhstanLao PDRTunisia

Real annual global ranks, 2014 - 2025. South Africa climbed from #32 to #36 (overtook Guinea). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for South Africa ↓

Key Events — South Africa

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2015
Credit rating downgrades curated

Fiscal and growth concerns trigger rating cuts.

2016
Overtook Guinea in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Deepest contraction in a century.

2023
Overtook Bolivia in global rank auto

Digital STRI Overall Index, 2014-2025

OECD DSTRI · index (0-1) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20142019202420250.30.640.971.3
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