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Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers was 0.022 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
0.022 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
55th
of 109 countries
All-time high
0.022 Index
in 2014
All-time low
0.022 Index
in 2014
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2014–2025

00.0050.010.0150.022014201920252014: 0.022 Index2015: 0.022 Index2016: 0.022 Index2017: 0.022 Index2018: 0.022 Index2019: 0.022 Index2020: 0.022 Index2021: 0.022 Index2022: 0.022 Index2023: 0.022 Index2024: 0.022 Index2025: 0.022 Index

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.

Analysis

In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 0.022 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.022 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.022 Index, in 2014.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 55th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year

Year Index Change
2014 0.022 Index —
2015 0.022 Index +0.0%
2016 0.022 Index +0.0%
2017 0.022 Index +0.0%
2018 0.022 Index +0.0%
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 0.022 Index +0.0%
2025 0.022 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.022 Index 0.022 Index 0.022 Index 6
2020s 0.022 Index 0.022 Index 0.022 Index 6

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  4. 55 Germany 0.022 Index compare
  5. 55 Ireland 0.022 Index compare
  6. 55 Luxembourg 0.022 Index compare
  7. 55 Spain 0.022 Index compare
  8. 55 Sweden 0.022 Index compare
  9. 55 Dominican Republic 0.022 Index compare
  10. 55 Austria 0.022 Index compare
  11. 55 Greece 0.022 Index compare
  12. 55 Hungary 0.022 Index compare
  13. 55 Italy 0.022 Index compare
  14. 55 Central African Republic 0.022 Index compare
  15. 55 Guinea 0.022 Index compare
  16. 55 Botswana 0.022 Index compare
  17. 55 Seychelles 0.022 Index compare
  18. 55 Uganda 0.022 Index compare
  19. 55 Iceland 0.022 Index compare
  20. 55 Argentina 0.022 Index compare
  21. 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.022 Index compare
  22. 55 Burkina Faso 0.022 Index compare
  23. 55 Djibouti 0.022 Index compare
  24. 55 Ecuador 0.022 Index compare
  25. 55 Gambia 0.022 Index compare
  26. 55 Honduras 0.022 Index compare
  27. 55 Liberia 0.022 Index compare
  28. 55 Montenegro 0.022 Index compare
  29. 55 North Macedonia 0.022 Index compare
  30. 55 Panama 0.022 Index compare
  31. 55 Paraguay 0.022 Index compare
  32. 55 Peru 0.022 Index compare
  33. 55 Thailand 0.022 Index compare
  34. 55 Vanuatu 0.022 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 0.022 Index in 2014.
What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 0.022 Index in 2014.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 55th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 — Other barriers affecting trade in digitally enabled services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers affecting trade in digitally enabled services
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
129 places, 1,548 data points, 2014–2025
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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