Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Congo
Congo: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system was 0.0184 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Congo, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Congo is 0.0184 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Congo peaked at 0.0184 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 Index, in 2014.
Congo ranks 23rd 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 — Payment system in Congo, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0 Index | — |
| 2016 | 0 Index | — |
| 2017 | 0 Index | — |
| 2018 | 0 Index | — |
| 2019 | 0.0184 Index | — |
| 2020 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.0184 Index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0184 Index, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.0184 Index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0184 Index, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0031 Index | 0 Index | 0.0184 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0184 Index | 0.0184 Index | 0.0184 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 23 Benin 0.0184 Index compare
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- 23 Central African Republic 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Côte d’Ivoire 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Djibouti 0.0184 Index compare
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- 23 Angola 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Morocco 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 China 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Indonesia 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Czechia 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Finland 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 France 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Mexico 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Portugal 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Burundi 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Chad 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Comoros 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Gabon 0.0184 Index compare
- 23 Gambia 0.0184 Index compare
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- 23 Kazakhstan 0.0184 Index compare
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More economy & growth data for Congo
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 70.2 % change on previous year (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.79 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.01 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 9.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1.88 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.37 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Congo?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Congo was 0.0184 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0184 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Index in 2014.
- How does Congo rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system?
- Congo ranks 23rd out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system. 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