Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Spain
Spain: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.1807 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Spain, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Spain stood at 0.1807 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Spain peaked at 0.1807 Index in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1587 Index, in 2014.
That places Spain 64th 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.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Spain, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1587 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1587 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1587 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1587 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1807 Index | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1807 Index | +0.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 0.1807 Index is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1048 Index, 1.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Spain's 0.1807 Index is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1048 Index, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.166 Index | 0.1587 Index | 0.1807 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1807 Index | 0.1807 Index | 0.1807 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More economy & growth data for Spain
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.77 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.62 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -9.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0077 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 298.15 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -13.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 217.71 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0051 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Spain?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Spain was 0.1807 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1807 Index in 2018.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1587 Index in 2014.
- How does Spain rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Spain ranks 64th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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