Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in China

China: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and was 0.1587 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.1587 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
28th
of 109 countries
All-time high
0.1984 Index
in 2018
All-time low
0.0793 Index
in 2014
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in China, 2014–2025

00.050.10.150.22014201920252014: 0.079 Index2015: 0.079 Index2016: 0.079 Index2017: 0.159 Index2018: 0.198 Index2019: 0.198 Index2020: 0.198 Index2021: 0.159 Index2022: 0.159 Index2023: 0.159 Index2024: 0.159 Index2025: 0.159 Index

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.

Analysis

The most recent figure for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in China is 0.1587 Index, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in China peaked at 0.1984 Index in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0793 Index, in 2014.

That places China 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in China, year by year

Annual values for Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity in China, 2014 to 2025.
Year Index Change
2014 0.0793 Index
2015 0.0793 Index +0.0%
2016 0.0793 Index +0.0%
2017 0.1587 Index +100.0%
2018 0.1984 Index +25.0%
2019 0.1984 Index +0.0%
2020 0.1984 Index +0.0%
2021 0.1587 Index -20.0%
2022 0.1587 Index +0.0%
2023 0.1587 Index +0.0%
2024 0.1587 Index +0.0%
2025 0.1587 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.1322 Index 0.0793 Index 0.1984 Index 6
2020s 0.1653 Index 0.1587 Index 0.1984 Index 6

Countries ranked near China

  1. 28 Spain 0.1587 Index compare
  2. 28 Rwanda 0.1587 Index compare
  3. 28 Burkina Faso 0.1587 Index compare
  4. 28 Nepal 0.1587 Index compare
  5. 28 Cameroon 0.1587 Index compare
  6. 28 Gabon 0.1587 Index compare
  7. 28 Congo 0.1587 Index compare
  8. 28 Egypt 0.1587 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in China?
Digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in China was 0.1587 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 0.1984 Index in 2018.
What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0793 Index in 2014.
How does China rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and?
China ranks 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
129 places, 1,548 data points, 2014–2025
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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