Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Singapore
Singapore: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.1813 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Singapore, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 0.1813 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Singapore peaked at 0.1813 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1233 Index, in 2018.
Singapore ranks 63rd of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1445 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1445 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1445 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1445 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1233 Index | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1417 Index | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1417 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1813 Index | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1813 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1813 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1813 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1813 Index | +0.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.1813 Index is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1048 Index, 1.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 0.1813 Index is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1087 Index, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1405 Index | 0.1233 Index | 0.1445 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1747 Index | 0.1417 Index | 0.1813 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More economy & growth data for Singapore
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.99 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0108 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,066 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.451 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0079 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 778.55 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0065 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Singapore?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Singapore was 0.1813 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1813 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1233 Index in 2018.
- How does Singapore rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Singapore ranks 63rd out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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