El Salvador vs Panama: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 0.0616 Index against 0.0613 Index in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0003 Index.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 97th and Panama ranks 95th of 109 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0464 Index | 0.0616 Index | 0.0152 Index | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.0552 Index | 0.0616 Index | 0.0064 Index | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, El Salvador or Panama?
- Panama, at 0.0616 Index against 0.0613 Index in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between El Salvador and Panama?
- 0.0003 Index, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- El Salvador ranks 97th and Panama ranks 95th 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