Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.509 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Sierra Leone, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sierra Leone stood at 0.509 Index.
The figure is up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.5118 Index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4721 Index, in 2014.
That places Sierra Leone 9th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4721 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.4721 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5118 Index | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5118 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5118 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4905 Index | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.509 Index | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.509 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.509 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.509 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.509 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.509 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.495 Index | 0.4721 Index | 0.5118 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.509 Index | 0.509 Index | 0.509 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.55 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 24.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 26.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 25.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7164 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 606.27 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0338 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sierra Leone?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Sierra Leone was 0.509 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5118 Index in 2016.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4721 Index in 2014.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Sierra Leone ranks 9th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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