Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Brazil
Brazil: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.1435 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Brazil, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Brazil stood at 0.1435 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Brazil peaked at 0.3241 Index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1435 Index, in 2020.
Brazil ranks 72nd of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2845 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.2845 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3241 Index | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3241 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2228 Index | -31.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2228 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1435 Index | -35.6% |
| 2021 | 0.1435 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1435 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1435 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1435 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1435 Index | +0.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.1435 Index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.165 Index, 87% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.1435 Index is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1445 Index, 99% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2771 Index | 0.2228 Index | 0.3241 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1435 Index | 0.1435 Index | 0.1435 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More economy & growth data for Brazil
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.56 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0088 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 94.51 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0064 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 69.01 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0049 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Brazil?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Brazil was 0.1435 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3241 Index in 2016.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1435 Index in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Brazil ranks 72nd out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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