Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Pakistan
Pakistan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3085 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 0.3085 Index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Pakistan peaked at 0.3085 Index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1874 Index, in 2014.
That places Pakistan 29th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2086 Index | 0.1874 Index | 0.2469 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3085 Index | 0.3085 Index | 0.3085 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 26 Nepal 0.3255 Index compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 0.3134 Index compare
- 28 Cameroon 0.3085 Index compare
- 30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3032 Index compare
- 31 South Africa 0.3022 Index compare
- 32 Argentina 0.2996 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Pakistan
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -0.0208 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 24.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 95.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 22.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 16.73 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 26,704 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0026 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Pakistan?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Pakistan was 0.3085 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3085 Index in 2020.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1874 Index in 2014.
- How does Pakistan rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Pakistan ranks 29th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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