Botswana vs South Sudan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions over time
- Botswana
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 0.0849 Index against 0.0637 Index in Botswana, a difference of 0.0212 Index.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 3rd of 109 countries.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0673 Index | 0.0849 Index | 0.0177 Index | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.0637 Index | 0.0849 Index | 0.0212 Index | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions, Botswana or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 0.0849 Index against 0.0637 Index in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions between Botswana and South Sudan?
- 0.0212 Index, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and South Sudan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and South Sudan rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Botswana ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 3rd of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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