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% |
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 |
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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)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -14.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 16.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0532 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 59.84 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 26.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 76.06 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 85,475 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 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