Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0212 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.0212 Index
Change on year
down 50.0%
World rank
106th
of 109 countries
All-time high
0.0425 Index
in 2014
All-time low
0.0212 Index
in 2025
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Costa Rica, 2014–2025

00.010.020.030.042014201920252014: 0.042 Index2015: 0.042 Index2016: 0.042 Index2017: 0.042 Index2018: 0.042 Index2019: 0.042 Index2020: 0.042 Index2021: 0.042 Index2022: 0.042 Index2023: 0.042 Index2024: 0.042 Index2025: 0.021 Index

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

Annual values for Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Costa Rica, 2014 to 2025.
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%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 103 Dominican Republic 0.0404 Index compare
  2. 104 Canada 0.0397 Index compare
  3. 105 Mexico 0.0396 Index compare
  4. 106 Norway 0.0212 Index compare
  5. 106 Australia 0.0212 Index compare
  6. 106 Switzerland 0.0212 Index compare

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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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Indicator
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
129 places, 1,548 data points, 2014–2025
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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