Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Zambia
Zambia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.3871 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Zambia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Zambia stood at 0.3871 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 55.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Zambia peaked at 0.3871 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2048 Index, in 2017.
That places Zambia 15th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2487 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.2487 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2487 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2048 Index | -17.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2274 Index | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2274 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2274 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3868 Index | +70.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3868 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3868 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3871 Index | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.3871 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2343 Index | 0.2048 Index | 0.2487 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3604 Index | 0.2274 Index | 0.3871 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Zambia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 10.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate -14.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0353 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 46.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate -18.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8868 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 1,169 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.033 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Zambia?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Zambia was 0.3871 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3871 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2048 Index in 2017.
- How does Zambia rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Zambia ranks 15th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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