Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Benin
Benin: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2033 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Benin, 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 Benin is 0.2033 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Benin peaked at 0.2033 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1006 Index, in 2014.
That places Benin 58th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Benin, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1006 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.119 Index | +18.3% |
| 2016 | 0.119 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.119 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1197 Index | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1594 Index | +33.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1594 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1594 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1594 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1594 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2033 Index | +27.5% |
| 2025 | 0.2033 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1228 Index | 0.1006 Index | 0.1594 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.174 Index | 0.1594 Index | 0.2033 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More economy & growth data for Benin
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -28.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 14.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0951 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 157.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 9.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 55.37 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 91,816 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0013 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Benin?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Benin was 0.2033 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2033 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1006 Index in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Benin ranks 58th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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