Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in Malawi
Malawi: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and 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 Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and 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% |
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)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 12.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 32.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.07 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 47.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 33.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 122.56 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 82,297 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0004 (2023)
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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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