Burkina Faso vs Malawi: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Burkina Faso
- Malawi
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.2203 Index against 0.2072 Index in Malawi, a difference of 0.0131 Index.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Malawi ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 53rd and Malawi ranks 55th of 109 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1516 Index | 0.1942 Index | 0.0427 Index | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.2071 Index | 0.2072 Index | 0.0001 Index | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Burkina Faso or Malawi?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.2203 Index against 0.2072 Index in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Burkina Faso and Malawi?
- 0.0131 Index, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Malawi?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Malawi rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 53rd and Malawi ranks 55th 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