Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Ireland
Ireland: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Ireland, 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 Ireland is 0.0212 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ireland peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2018.
Ireland 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 Ireland, 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 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 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 | 0.0354 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 Ireland
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.96 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -4.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 9.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0489 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 6,431 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.0432 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5,691 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 1.06 (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ireland?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Ireland 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2018.
- How does Ireland rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Ireland ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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