Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Kenya
Kenya: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Kenya, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 0.0212 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions 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 Kenya peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2019.
That places Kenya 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 Kenya, 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 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 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 | 0.0389 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 Kenya
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.28 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 24.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 11.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0746 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 176.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 9.65 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 22,802 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0057 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Kenya?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Kenya 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2019.
- How does Kenya rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Kenya ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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