Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property was 0.0216 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 0.0216 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.0433 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0216 Index, in 2016.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 15th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0433 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0433 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0216 Index | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0216 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0289 Index | 0.0216 Index | 0.0433 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0216 Index | 0.0216 Index | 0.0216 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.39 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 10.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8935 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 2,077 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 12.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 18,267 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 42.47 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 4.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 1.08 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 0.0216 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0433 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0216 Index in 2016.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 15th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — intellectual property rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property rights. 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