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% |
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 |
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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)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -5.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 8.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0943 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 5,730 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.0835 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5,070 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0205 (1998)
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