Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.4282 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ethiopia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ethiopia stood at 0.4282 Index.
That represents a change of down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.6251 Index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3049 Index, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5812 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.5812 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6251 Index | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6251 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5827 Index | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3049 Index | -47.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4679 Index | +53.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4679 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4679 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4679 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4282 Index | -8.5% |
| 2025 | 0.4282 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5501 Index | 0.3049 Index | 0.6251 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4546 Index | 0.4282 Index | 0.4679 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 1 Somalia 0.6494 Index compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 0.6071 Index compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5593 Index compare
- 4 Tunisia 0.5277 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Ethiopia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 7.01 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances 11.18 Percentage of GDP (2029)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — B. Openess 0 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness 0.0286 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — A. 0 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — C. Trust 0.0164 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — D. 0 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — E. Wider 0.0122 Index (2024)
- Balanced trade in services 3.21 US dollars, exchange rate converted (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ethiopia?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ethiopia was 0.4282 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6251 Index in 2016.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3049 Index in 2019.
- How does Ethiopia rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Ethiopia ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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