Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Benin
Benin: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers was 0.0659 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Benin, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Benin stood at 0.0659 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 200.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Benin peaked at 0.0659 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 Index, in 2014.
Benin ranks 28th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Benin, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0 Index | — |
| 2016 | 0 Index | — |
| 2017 | 0 Index | — |
| 2018 | 0.022 Index | — |
| 2019 | 0.022 Index | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.0659 Index | +200.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0073 Index | 0 Index | 0.022 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0366 Index | 0.022 Index | 0.0659 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 27 Niger 0.084 Index compare
- 28 Mali 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Nepal 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Gabon 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Mozambique 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Senegal 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Chad 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Eritrea 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Ghana 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Philippines 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Serbia 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Sudan 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 India 0.0659 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Benin
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 81,602 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 15.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.175 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 290.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 10.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 101.86 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 168,916 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 9.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Benin?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Benin was 0.0659 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0659 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Index in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
- Benin ranks 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Benin 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