Digital Services Trade: Infrastructure in Malawi
Malawi: Digital Services Trade: Infrastructure was 0.0397 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in Malawi, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.0397 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in 2025. 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 — infrastructure and in Malawi peaked at 0.119 Index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0397 Index, in 2016.
That places Malawi 75th 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: Infrastructure in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0793 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.119 Index | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0397 Index | -66.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.0397 Index is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1389 Index, 29% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.0397 Index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.119 Index, 33% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0595 Index | 0.0397 Index | 0.119 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0397 Index | 0.0397 Index | 0.0397 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 75 Kosovo 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Albania 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Chad 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Nigeria 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Thailand 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Belgium 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Canada 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Czechia 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Germany 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Hungary 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Ireland 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Montenegro 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Serbia 0.0397 Index compare
- 75 Uganda 0.0397 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -12.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0151 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -16.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0111 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 0.0125 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in Malawi?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in Malawi was 0.0397 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.119 Index in 2015.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0397 Index in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and?
- Malawi ranks 75th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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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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