Ecuador vs Japan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Ecuador
- Japan
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.0432 Index against 0.0425 Index in Japan, a difference of 0.0007 Index.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 100th and Japan ranks 102nd of 109 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0538 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0113 Index | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.0432 Index | 0.0425 Index | 0.0007 Index | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Ecuador or Japan?
- Ecuador, at 0.0432 Index against 0.0425 Index in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Ecuador and Japan?
- 0.0007 Index, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Japan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Japan rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Ecuador ranks 100th and Japan ranks 102nd 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