Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Kenya
Kenya: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3697 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 0.3697 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 123.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Kenya peaked at 0.3697 Index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1657 Index, in 2014.
That places Kenya 19th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1657 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1657 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1877 Index | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1877 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2096 Index | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2281 Index | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2281 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3697 Index | +62.1% |
| 2024 | 0.3697 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3697 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1908 Index | 0.1657 Index | 0.2281 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2989 Index | 0.2281 Index | 0.3697 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Kenya
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.28 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 24.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 11.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0746 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 176.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 9.65 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 22,802 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0057 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Kenya?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Kenya was 0.3697 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3697 Index in 2023.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1657 Index in 2014.
- How does Kenya rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Kenya ranks 19th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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