Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Belgium
Belgium: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0829 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Belgium, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for digital services trade restrictiveness index in Belgium is 0.0829 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Belgium peaked at 0.0829 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0609 Index, in 2014.
Belgium ranks 89th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0609 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0829 Index | +36.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0829 Index | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0829 Index is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1048 Index, 79% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0829 Index is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1048 Index, 79% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0646 Index | 0.0609 Index | 0.0829 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0829 Index | 0.0829 Index | 0.0829 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More economy & growth data for Belgium
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.25 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0205 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,248 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.015 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 911.55 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0089 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Belgium?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Belgium was 0.0829 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0829 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0609 Index in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Belgium ranks 89th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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