Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Nepal
Nepal: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers was 0.0659 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Nepal, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Nepal is 0.0659 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Nepal peaked at 0.0878 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0659 Index, in 2014.
That places Nepal 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0659 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0878 Index | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0659 Index | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0878 Index | +33.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0659 Index | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0659 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0695 Index | 0.0659 Index | 0.0878 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0695 Index | 0.0659 Index | 0.0878 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 27 Niger 0.084 Index compare
- 28 Benin 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Mali 0.0659 Index compare
- 28 Tanzania, United Republic of 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 Nepal
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.28 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,364 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.1205 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 185.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 7.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 16.42 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 25,225 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Nepal?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers in Nepal 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0878 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0659 Index in 2014.
- How does Nepal rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
- Nepal ranks 28th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nepal 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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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