Australia vs Costa Rica: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Australia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.0212 Index against 0.0212 Index in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 Index.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 106th and Costa Rica ranks 106th of 109 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0212 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0212 Index | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0212 Index | 0.0389 Index | 0.0177 Index | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Australia or Costa Rica?
- Australia, at 0.0212 Index against 0.0212 Index in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Australia and Costa Rica?
- 0 Index, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Costa Rica?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Costa Rica rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Australia ranks 106th and Costa Rica ranks 106th of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. 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