Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Belgium
Belgium: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers was 0.022 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Belgium, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Belgium stood at 0.022 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Belgium peaked at 0.022 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 Index, in 2014.
Belgium ranks 55th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0 Index | — |
| 2016 | 0 Index | — |
| 2017 | 0 Index | — |
| 2018 | 0 Index | — |
| 2019 | 0.022 Index | — |
| 2020 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0037 Index | 0 Index | 0.022 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.022 Index | 0.022 Index | 0.022 Index | 6 |
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- 55 Colombia 0.022 Index compare
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- 55 Dominican Republic 0.022 Index compare
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- 55 Greece 0.022 Index compare
- 55 Hungary 0.022 Index compare
- 55 Italy 0.022 Index compare
- 55 Central African Republic 0.022 Index compare
- 55 Guinea 0.022 Index compare
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More economy & growth data for Belgium
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,957 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 7.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.1861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 11,304 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 2.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.1647 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 10,004 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Belgium?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Belgium was 0.022 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.022 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Index in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
- Belgium ranks 55th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers affecting trade in digitally enabled services. 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