Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Rwanda
Rwanda: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3698 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Rwanda, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Rwanda stood at 0.3698 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Rwanda peaked at 0.3698 Index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3117 Index, in 2015.
That places Rwanda 18th 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.333 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.3117 Index | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3698 Index | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3698 Index | +0.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.3698 Index is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3225 Index, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.3698 Index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3022 Index, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.354 Index | 0.3117 Index | 0.3698 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3698 Index | 0.3698 Index | 0.3698 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 15 Zambia 0.3871 Index compare
- 16 Angola 0.3751 Index compare
- 16 United States 0.0609 Index compare
- 17 Egypt 0.3701 Index compare
- 17 Estonia 0.0432 Index compare
- 18 United Kingdom 0.0212 Index compare
- 19 Kenya 0.3697 Index compare
- 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3606 Index compare
- 21 Guinea 0.3606 Index compare
- 21 Central African Republic 0.3606 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Rwanda
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 5.1 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 7.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -78.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1.51 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -79.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.1 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 0.0117 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Rwanda?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Rwanda was 0.3698 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3698 Index in 2016.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3117 Index in 2015.
- How does Rwanda rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Rwanda ranks 18th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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