Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Nigeria
Nigeria: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.1891 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Nigeria, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.1891 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Nigeria peaked at 0.3542 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1891 Index, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 60th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3542 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.3117 Index | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3117 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2684 Index | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2684 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1891 Index | -29.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1891 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2839 Index | 0.1891 Index | 0.3542 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1891 Index | 0.1891 Index | 0.1891 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More economy & growth data for Nigeria
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.32 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -65.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 22.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 28.71 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 26.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 35.61 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 43,596 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0005 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Nigeria?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Nigeria was 0.1891 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3542 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1891 Index in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Nigeria ranks 60th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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