Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of), 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 China (People’s Republic of) is 0.0212 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2015.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 44th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0425 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0248 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for China (People’s Republic of)
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 11.76 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 9.58 (2025)
- Domestic currency per US dollar (End-of-period (EoP)) 6.99 (2025)
- US dollar per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.143 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, annual growth rate 4.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per unit of GDP 0.995 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per capita 13,793 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in China (People’s Republic of) was 0.0212 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 China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2015.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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