Cabo Verde vs Lesotho: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Cabo Verde
- Lesotho
How they compare
Cabo Verde currently reports 0.2522 Index against 0.1661 Index in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0861 Index.
That makes Cabo Verde's figure about 1.5 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Lesotho ahead.
Cabo Verde ranks 6th and Lesotho ranks 9th of 18 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Cabo Verde averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cabo Verde | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1729 Index | 0.1909 Index | 0.018 Index | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.2125 Index | 0.1876 Index | 0.025 Index | Cabo Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Cabo Verde or Lesotho?
- Cabo Verde, at 0.2522 Index against 0.1661 Index in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Cabo Verde and Lesotho?
- 0.0861 Index, with Cabo Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cabo Verde and Lesotho?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Cabo Verde and Lesotho rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Cabo Verde ranks 6th and Lesotho ranks 9th of 18 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