Canada vs Switzerland: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Canada
- Switzerland
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.0397 Index against 0.0212 Index in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0185 Index.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.9 times Switzerland's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 104th and Switzerland ranks 106th of 109 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0503 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0291 Index | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.0397 Index | 0.0212 Index | 0.0184 Index | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Canada or Switzerland?
- Canada, at 0.0397 Index against 0.0212 Index in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Canada and Switzerland?
- 0.0185 Index, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Switzerland?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Switzerland rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Canada ranks 104th and Switzerland ranks 106th 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