Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Ecuador
Ecuador: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Ecuador, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ecuador stood at 0.0212 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ecuador peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2017.
That places Ecuador 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0425 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 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% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0212 Index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0212 Index, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0212 Index is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0212 Index, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0319 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 Ecuador
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.51 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -72.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.2802 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -74.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.2046 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 12.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0828 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ecuador?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ecuador 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2017.
- How does Ecuador rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Ecuador ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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