Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Canada
Canada: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0397 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Canada, 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 Canada is 0.0397 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Canada peaked at 0.0609 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0397 Index, in 2017.
Canada ranks 104th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Canada, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0609 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0609 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0397 Index | -34.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0397 Index | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.0397 Index is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1048 Index, 38% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0503 Index | 0.0397 Index | 0.0609 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0397 Index | 0.0397 Index | 0.0397 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 102 Japan 0.0425 Index compare
- 103 Dominican Republic 0.0404 Index compare
- 105 Mexico 0.0396 Index compare
- 106 Norway 0.0212 Index compare
- 106 Costa Rica 0.0212 Index compare
- 106 Australia 0.0212 Index compare
- 106 Switzerland 0.0212 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Canada
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.8812 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0101 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 560.16 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0258 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0073 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 409.02 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0048 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Canada?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Canada was 0.0397 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0609 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0397 Index in 2017.
- How does Canada rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Canada ranks 104th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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