Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ireland

Ireland: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.0829 Index in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
0.0829 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
89th
of 109 countries
All-time high
0.0829 Index
in 2018
All-time low
0.0821 Index
in 2014
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ireland, 2014–2025

00.020.040.060.082014201920252014: 0.082 Index2015: 0.082 Index2016: 0.082 Index2017: 0.082 Index2018: 0.083 Index2019: 0.083 Index2020: 0.083 Index2021: 0.083 Index2022: 0.083 Index2023: 0.083 Index2024: 0.083 Index2025: 0.083 Index

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

Analysis

In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ireland stood at 0.0829 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ireland peaked at 0.0829 Index in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0821 Index, in 2014.

Ireland ranks 89th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Ireland, 2014 to 2025.
Year Index Change
2014 0.0821 Index
2015 0.0821 Index +0.0%
2016 0.0821 Index +0.0%
2017 0.0821 Index +0.0%
2018 0.0829 Index +0.9%
2019 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2020 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2021 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2022 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2023 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2024 0.0829 Index +0.0%
2025 0.0829 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.0824 Index 0.0821 Index 0.0829 Index 6
2020s 0.0829 Index 0.0829 Index 0.0829 Index 6

Countries ranked near Ireland

  1. 86 New Zealand 0.1006 Index compare
  2. 87 Malaysia 0.0868 Index compare
  3. 88 Morocco 0.0835 Index compare
  4. 89 Belgium 0.0829 Index compare
  5. 89 Germany 0.0829 Index compare
  6. 89 Montenegro 0.0829 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ireland?
Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Ireland was 0.0829 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 0.0829 Index in 2018.
What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0821 Index in 2014.
How does Ireland rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
Ireland ranks 89th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Ireland 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