Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Zimbabwe, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zimbabwe stood at 0.0212 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.0637 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2023.
Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 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 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0425 Index | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0637 Index | 0.0637 Index | 0.0637 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0319 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Zimbabwe
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.02 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -123.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 14.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0529 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 159.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 83.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.68 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5,083 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0281 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zimbabwe?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0637 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2023.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Zimbabwe ranks 44th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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