Kenya vs Rwanda: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.1317 Index against 0.1098 Index in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0219 Index.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Rwanda ahead.
Kenya ranks 1st and Rwanda ranks 3rd of 109 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0659 Index | 0.1098 Index | 0.0439 Index | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 0.1098 Index | 0.1098 Index | 0 Index | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Kenya, at 0.1317 Index against 0.1098 Index in Rwanda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 0.0219 Index, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index — other barriers?
- Kenya ranks 1st and Rwanda 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 — Other barriers affecting trade in digitally enabled services. 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