Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Pakistan
Pakistan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system was 0.0368 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 0.0368 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Pakistan peaked at 0.0368 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 Index, in 2014.
Pakistan ranks 5th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0 Index | — |
| 2016 | 0 Index | — |
| 2017 | 0 Index | — |
| 2018 | 0 Index | — |
| 2019 | 0.0368 Index | — |
| 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 | 0.0061 Index | 0 Index | 0.0368 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0368 Index | 0.0368 Index | 0.0368 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 5 Russian Federation 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Malawi 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Cambodia 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Egypt 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Eritrea 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Mauritius 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Nepal 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 South Sudan 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Togo 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Rwanda 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Tunisia 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Zimbabwe 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Algeria 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Liberia 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Libya 0.0368 Index compare
- 5 Zambia 0.0368 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Pakistan
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -0.0208 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 24.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 95.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 22.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 16.73 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 26,704 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0026 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Pakistan?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system in Pakistan 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0368 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Index in 2014.
- How does Pakistan rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system?
- Pakistan ranks 5th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Pakistan 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