Eswatini vs Laos: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and over time
- Eswatini
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.4364 Index against 0.1984 Index in Eswatini, a difference of 0.238 Index.
That makes Laos's figure about 2.2 times Eswatini's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 1st and Laos ranks 1st of 18 groups.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1058 Index | 0.4364 Index | 0.3306 Index | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.1852 Index | 0.4364 Index | 0.2513 Index | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and, Eswatini or Laos?
- Laos, at 0.4364 Index against 0.1984 Index in Eswatini as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and between Eswatini and Laos?
- 0.238 Index, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Laos?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and Laos rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index — infrastructure and?
- Eswatini ranks 1st and Laos ranks 1st of 18 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity. 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