Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system was 0.0368 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 0.0368 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.0368 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0184 Index, in 2014.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 5th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0184 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0184 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0368 Index | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0368 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0215 Index | 0.0184 Index | 0.0368 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0368 Index | 0.0368 Index | 0.0368 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.39 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 0.7775 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 10.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1065 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 247.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 12.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2,177 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5.06 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 0.0368 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0368 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0184 Index in 2014.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 5th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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