Botswana vs Congo: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Botswana
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.1771 Index against 0.165 Index in Botswana, a difference of 0.0121 Index.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 67th and Congo ranks 66th of 109 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Congo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1832 Index | 0.1783 Index | 0.0049 Index | Botswana |
| 2020s | 0.165 Index | 0.1771 Index | 0.0121 Index | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Botswana or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.1771 Index against 0.165 Index in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Botswana and Congo?
- 0.0121 Index, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Congo?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Congo rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Botswana ranks 67th and Congo ranks 66th 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