Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Germany
Germany: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Germany, 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 Germany is 0.0212 Index, measured in 2025. 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 Germany peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2021.
Germany 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0425 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 0.0212 Index is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0212 Index, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Germany's 0.0212 Index is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0212 Index, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0248 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Germany
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.7761 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.6565 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0108 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 654.77 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0079 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 478.11 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0053 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Germany?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Germany 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2021.
- How does Germany rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Germany ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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