Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Zambia
Zambia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0425 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 0.0425 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zambia peaked at 0.0637 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0425 Index, in 2018.
That places Zambia 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0637 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0425 Index | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0425 Index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0212 Index, 2.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0425 Index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0425 Index, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0566 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0637 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
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- 17 Namibia 0.0425 Index compare
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- 17 Denmark 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 France 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Hungary 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Italy 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Japan 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Portugal 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Sweden 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Brazil 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Brunei Darussalam 0.0425 Index compare
- 17 Côte d’Ivoire 0.0425 Index compare
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More economy & growth data for Zambia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 13.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.1053 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 138.75 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0769 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 101.32 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0464 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zambia?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zambia was 0.0425 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0637 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2018.
- How does Zambia rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Zambia ranks 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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