Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Malawi
Malawi: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2072 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Malawi, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Malawi stood at 0.2072 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Malawi peaked at 0.2072 Index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1867 Index, in 2014.
That places Malawi 55th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1867 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.2051 Index | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1888 Index | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1888 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1888 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2072 Index | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2072 Index | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.2072 Index is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.3225 Index, 64% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.2072 Index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3022 Index, 69% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1942 Index | 0.1867 Index | 0.2072 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2072 Index | 0.2072 Index | 0.2072 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -12.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0151 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -16.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0111 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0125 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Malawi?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Malawi was 0.2072 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2072 Index in 2019.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1867 Index in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Malawi ranks 55th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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