Lesotho vs Somalia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions over time
- Lesotho
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.0849 Index against 0.0637 Index in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0212 Index.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times Lesotho's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 3rd of 18 groups.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0849 Index | 0.0849 Index | 0 Index | — |
| 2020s | 0.0779 Index | 0.0849 Index | 0.0071 Index | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions, Lesotho or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.0849 Index against 0.0637 Index in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions between Lesotho and Somalia?
- 0.0212 Index, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Somalia?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Somalia rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 3rd of 18 groups.
- 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