Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is 0.0212 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0425 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0212 Index, in 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 106th 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0425 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0425 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0212 Index | -50.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0212 Index is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1048 Index, 20% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0212 Index is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1445 Index, 15% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0389 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0425 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0058 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 115.71 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0042 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 84.49 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0204 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Costa Rica?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Costa Rica was 0.0212 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0425 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0212 Index in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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