Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.0368 Index against 0.0184 Index in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0184 Index.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.0 times Equatorial Guinea's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th and Malawi ranks 5th of 18 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0061 Index | 0.0153 Index | 0.0092 Index | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.0184 Index | 0.0368 Index | 0.0184 Index | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system, Equatorial Guinea or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.0368 Index against 0.0184 Index in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system between Equatorial Guinea and Malawi?
- 0.0184 Index, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Malawi?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Malawi rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index — payment system?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th and Malawi ranks 5th of 18 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system. 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