Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Canada
Canada: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Canada, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Canada peaked at 0.0212 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 Index, in 2017.
Canada ranks 98th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Canada, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0212 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0 Index | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0 Index | — |
| 2019 | 0 Index | — |
| 2020 | 0 Index | — |
| 2021 | 0 Index | — |
| 2022 | 0 Index | — |
| 2023 | 0 Index | — |
| 2024 | 0 Index | — |
| 2025 | 0 Index | — |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0 Index is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0212 Index. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0106 Index | 0 Index | 0.0212 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 Index | 0 Index | 0 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More economy & growth data for Canada
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.8812 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0101 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 560.16 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0258 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0073 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 409.02 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0048 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Canada?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Canada was 0 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Index in 2017.
- How does Canada rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Canada ranks 98th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions. 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