Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Egypt
Egypt: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3701 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 0.3701 Index, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Egypt peaked at 0.5423 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2646 Index, in 2016.
That places Egypt 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5423 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.5423 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2646 Index | -51.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2646 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3701 Index | +39.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3701 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4098 Index | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3701 Index | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3701 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3701 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3701 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3701 Index | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.3701 Index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966 Index, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.3701 Index is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2681 Index, 1.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3923 Index | 0.2646 Index | 0.5423 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3767 Index | 0.3701 Index | 0.4098 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 14 Cambodia 0.4051 Index compare
- 14 Mauritania 0.0616 Index compare
- 15 Zambia 0.3871 Index compare
- 16 Angola 0.3751 Index compare
- 16 United States 0.0609 Index compare
- 17 Estonia 0.0432 Index compare
- 18 Rwanda 0.3698 Index compare
- 18 United Kingdom 0.0212 Index compare
- 19 Kenya 0.3697 Index compare
- 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3606 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 79.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.469 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 70.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.3425 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -20.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0299 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Egypt?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Egypt was 0.3701 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5423 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2646 Index in 2016.
- How does Egypt rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Egypt ranks 17th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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