Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Australia
Australia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Australia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Australia stood at 0.0212 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Australia peaked at 0.0212 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2014.
That places Australia 106th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Australia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0212 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0212 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0212 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 103 Dominican Republic 0.0404 Index compare
- 104 Canada 0.0397 Index compare
- 105 Mexico 0.0396 Index compare
- 106 Norway 0.0212 Index compare
- 106 Costa Rica 0.0212 Index compare
- 106 Switzerland 0.0212 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 17.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 4.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 4,169 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.0989 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 6,441 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.4887 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Australia?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Australia was 0.0212 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2014.
- How does Australia rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Australia ranks 106th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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