Belgium vs Malaysia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Belgium
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.0868 Index against 0.0829 Index in Belgium, a difference of 0.0039 Index.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 89th and Malaysia ranks 87th of 109 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0646 Index | 0.0868 Index | 0.0222 Index | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.0829 Index | 0.0868 Index | 0.0039 Index | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Belgium or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.0868 Index against 0.0829 Index in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Belgium and Malaysia?
- 0.0039 Index, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Malaysia?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Malaysia rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Belgium ranks 89th and Malaysia ranks 87th 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