Benin vs Ghana: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Benin currently reports 0.2033 Index against 0.1877 Index in Ghana, a difference of 0.0156 Index.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Ghana ahead.
Benin ranks 58th and Ghana ranks 61st of 109 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1228 Index | 0.1877 Index | 0.0649 Index | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.174 Index | 0.1877 Index | 0.0137 Index | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Benin or Ghana?
- Benin, at 0.2033 Index against 0.1877 Index in Ghana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Benin and Ghana?
- 0.0156 Index, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Benin ranks 58th and Ghana ranks 61st 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