Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0425 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Central African Republic, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Central African Republic is 0.0425 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Central African Republic peaked at 0.0849 Index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0425 Index, in 2022.
Central African Republic ranks 17th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0637 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0849 Index | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0849 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0849 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0849 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0637 Index | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0425 Index | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0779 Index | 0.0637 Index | 0.0849 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0496 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0637 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Central African Republic
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -0.5324 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.55 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 11.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1172 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 65.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 68.2 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 37,929 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0013 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Central African Republic?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Central African Republic was 0.0425 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0849 Index in 2016.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2022.
- How does Central African Republic rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Central African Republic ranks 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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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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