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% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.3871 Index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966 Index, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.3871 Index is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3022 Index, 1.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 12 Russia 0.4676 Index compare
- 12 Lithuania 0.0644 Index compare
- 12 Netherlands 0.0644 Index compare
- 13 Mozambique 0.4294 Index compare
- 14 Cambodia 0.4051 Index compare
- 14 Mauritania 0.0616 Index compare
- 16 Angola 0.3751 Index compare
- 16 United States 0.0609 Index compare
- 17 Egypt 0.3701 Index compare
- 17 Estonia 0.0432 Index compare
- 18 Rwanda 0.3698 Index compare
- 18 United Kingdom 0.0212 Index compare
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 13.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.1053 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 138.75 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0769 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 101.32 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0464 units per US$ of GDP (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