Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in China
China: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2862 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in China, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
China recorded 0.2862 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index in 2025.
The figure is up 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in China peaked at 0.3258 Index in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1849 Index, in 2015.
That places China 35th 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 China, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2061 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1849 Index | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2033 Index | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3046 Index | +49.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3258 Index | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3258 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3258 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2862 Index | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2862 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2862 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2862 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2862 Index | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.2862 Index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.165 Index, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- China's 0.2862 Index is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1087 Index, 2.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2584 Index | 0.1849 Index | 0.3258 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2928 Index | 0.2862 Index | 0.3258 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More economy & growth data for China
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.46 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0029 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 39.69 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.8948 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 28.98 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in China?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in China was 0.2862 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3258 Index in 2018.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1849 Index in 2015.
- How does China rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- China ranks 35th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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