Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3507 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
0.3507 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 2 countries
All-time high
0.3507 Index
in 2014
All-time low
0.3507 Index
in 2014
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014–2025

00.10.20.30.42014201920252014: 0.351 Index2015: 0.351 Index2016: 0.351 Index2017: 0.351 Index2018: 0.351 Index2019: 0.351 Index2020: 0.351 Index2021: 0.351 Index2022: 0.351 Index2023: 0.351 Index2024: 0.351 Index2025: 0.351 Index

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.

Analysis

Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 0.3507 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 0.3507 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3507 Index, in 2014.

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year

Annual values for Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014 to 2025.
Year Index Change
2014 0.3507 Index
2015 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2016 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2017 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2018 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2019 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2020 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2021 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2022 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2023 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2024 0.3507 Index +0.0%
2025 0.3507 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.3507 Index 0.3507 Index 0.3507 Index 6
2020s 0.3507 Index 0.3507 Index 0.3507 Index 6

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  2. 1 Somalia 0.6494 Index compare
  3. 2 Kazakhstan 0.6071 Index compare
  4. 2 Viet Nam 0.2252 Index compare
  5. 2 Eswatini 0.3468 Index compare
  6. 3 Türkiye 0.3258 Index compare
  7. 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5593 Index compare
  8. 4 Equatorial Guinea 0.3248 Index compare
  9. 4 Tunisia 0.5277 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 0.3507 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 0.3507 Index in 2014.
What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3507 Index in 2014.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 1st out of 2 countries with data for 2025.
Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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