Cabo Verde vs Sierra Leone: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Cabo Verde
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.509 Index against 0.2522 Index in Cabo Verde, a difference of 0.2568 Index.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.0 times Cabo Verde's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Cabo Verde ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 18 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cabo Verde | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1729 Index | 0.495 Index | 0.3221 Index | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2125 Index | 0.509 Index | 0.2964 Index | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Cabo Verde or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.509 Index against 0.2522 Index in Cabo Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Cabo Verde and Sierra Leone?
- 0.2568 Index, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cabo Verde and Sierra Leone?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Cabo Verde and Sierra Leone rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Cabo Verde ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 18 groups.
- 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