Data for 2019
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019
2019, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019 covers 129 countries on 6 measures. Somalia is highest, at 0.64938; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02124. The middle country reads 0.19834. Against 2018, 29 values changed (20 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index · Data for 2019
HighestSomalia
0.64938Lowest4 countries share it
0.02124Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019, as published. OECD ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 129 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.64938 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.04 | |
| 2 | 0.64675 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.11 | |
| 3 | 0.62869 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.11 | |
| 4 | 0.59082 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 5 | 0.53978 | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 6 | 0.53807 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| 7 | 0.52359 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| 8 | 0.51618 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.09 | |
| 9 | 0.50898 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 10 | 0.50826 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 11 | 0.49054 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 12 | 0.48378 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 13 | 0.44168 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 14 | 0.42936 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 15 | 0.40443 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 16 | 0.39354 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.09 | |
| 17 | 0.38108 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 18 | 0.37012 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.13 | |
| 19 | 0.36981 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
| 20 | 0.36411 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 21 | 0.36059 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 22 | 0.35066 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | |
| 23 | 0.34212 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 24 | 0.33150 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 25 | 0.32901 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 26 | 0.32583 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.09 | |
| 27 | 0.32481 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |
| 28 | 0.30781 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 29 | 0.30494 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 30 | 0.30320 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 31 | 0.30217 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| 32 | 0.29145 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 33 | 0.29008 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.11 | |
| 34 | 0.28541 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 35 | 0.28257 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 36 | 0.28189 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 37 | 0.28124 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 38 | 0.27909 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 39 | 0.27766 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 40 | 0.27127 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | |
| 41 | 0.26810 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 42 | 0.26250 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| =43 | 0.25929 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =43 | 0.25929 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 45 | 0.24686 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 46 | 0.24648 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.09 | |
| 47 | 0.24546 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | |
| 48 | 0.24157 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 49 | 0.23170 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.09 | |
| =50 | 0.22808 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | |
| =50 | 0.22808 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 52 | 0.22743 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| 53 | 0.22671 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
| 54 | 0.22378 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 55 | 0.22313 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 56 | 0.22309 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 57 | 0.22282 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| 58 | 0.22033 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 59 | 0.20971 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 60 | 0.20718 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| 61 | 0.20551 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
| 62 | 0.20537 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 63 | 0.20510 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| 64 | 0.20257 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 65 | 0.19834 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 66 | 0.19086 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 67 | 0.18909 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.11 | |
| 68 | 0.18769 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 69 | 0.18707 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
| 70 | 0.18417 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 71 | 0.18345 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 72 | 0.18130 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 73 | 0.18065 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 74 | 0.18062 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 75 | 0.17990 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 76 | 0.17287 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
| 77 | 0.16614 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |
| 78 | 0.16502 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =79 | 0.16222 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =79 | 0.16222 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 81 | 0.15938 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 82 | 0.14518 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| 83 | 0.14450 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 84 | 0.14378 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 85 | 0.14166 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 86 | 0.14098 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =87 | 0.14095 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =87 | 0.14095 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 89 | 0.14026 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 90 | 0.12322 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| 91 | 0.12254 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 92 | 0.12182 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 93 | 0.10875 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 94 | 0.10492 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
| =95 | 0.10479 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| =95 | 0.10479 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| =97 | 0.10410 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =97 | 0.10410 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =99 | 0.10130 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =99 | 0.10130 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 101 | 0.10059 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 102 | 0.08679 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |
| 103 | 0.08355 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| =104 | 0.08287 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =104 | 0.08287 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =104 | 0.08287 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =107 | 0.06443 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =107 | 0.06443 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =107 | 0.06443 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =110 | 0.06160 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =110 | 0.06160 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =110 | 0.06160 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =113 | 0.06091 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =113 | 0.06091 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =113 | 0.06091 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =116 | 0.04319 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =116 | 0.04319 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =116 | 0.04319 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| =116 | 0.04319 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 120 | 0.04288 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
| =121 | 0.04247 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =121 | 0.04247 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 123 | 0.04036 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| 124 | 0.03967 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 125 | 0.03964 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =126 | 0.02124 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =126 | 0.02124 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =126 | 0.02124 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| =126 | 0.02124 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Somalia0.64938
- 2
Kazakhstan0.64675
- 3
Zimbabwe0.62869
- 4
Libya0.59082
- 5
Comoros0.53978
Lowest
- 126
Norwayshared0.02124
- 126
United Kingdomshared0.02124
- 126
Switzerlandshared0.02124
- 126
Australiashared0.02124
- 125
Mexico0.03964
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.19834. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Infrastructure and connectivity (contribution to the index)
Highest
Kazakhstan0.48
Lowest27 share it
Middle country: 0.08
Electronic transactions (contribution to the index)
Highest3 share it
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 0.02
Payment systems (contribution to the index)
Highest5 share it
Lowest64 share it
Middle country: 0.02
Intellectual property rights (contribution to the index)
Highest2 share it
Lowest86 share it
Middle country: 0.00
Other barriers to digitally enabled services trade (contribution to the index)
Highest
Egypt0.13
Lowest25 share it
Middle country: 0.02
032018 → 2019
Since 2018
What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 29values changed, of 129 in both
- 20 · 9rose · fell
- 100unchanged
Rose most
Denmark0.12606 → 0.36411+0.23805
Vietnam0.16645 → 0.24648+0.08003
Kazakhstan0.56740 → 0.64675+0.07935
Mozambique0.35001 → 0.42936+0.07935
Türkiye0.22026 → 0.28189+0.06163
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from OECD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2019.
107 distinct values among 129
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 4 countries share 0.04319. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
OECD publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 129 countries has every column.
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07Questions
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019: questions and answers
Which country has the highest digital trade restrictiveness in Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019?
Somalia, at 0.64938, of the 129 countries in the file.
What year does Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019 describe?
2019.
How many countries does Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019 cover?
129.
Where can I download Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2019 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, 2025.