Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and was 0.3174 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in Zimbabwe, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.3174 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.3967 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3174 Index, in 2021.
Zimbabwe ranks 7th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3967 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3967 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3174 Index | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3174 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3174 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3174 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3174 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3967 Index | 0.3967 Index | 0.3967 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3306 Index | 0.3174 Index | 0.3967 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 4 Sudan 0.3571 Index compare
- 4 Somalia 0.3571 Index compare
- 4 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3571 Index compare
- 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3174 Index compare
- 7 Tunisia 0.3174 Index compare
- 7 Burundi 0.3174 Index compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 0.3174 Index compare
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 — infrastructure and in Zimbabwe?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and in Zimbabwe was 0.3174 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3967 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3174 Index in 2021.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and?
- Zimbabwe ranks 7th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. 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 — 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