Ethiopia vs Somalia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6494 Index against 0.4282 Index in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.2212 Index.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.5 times Ethiopia's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Ethiopia ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 1st of 18 groups.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5501 Index | 0.6494 Index | 0.0993 Index | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.4546 Index | 0.6494 Index | 0.1947 Index | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Ethiopia or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6494 Index against 0.4282 Index in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Ethiopia and Somalia?
- 0.2212 Index, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Somalia?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Somalia rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Ethiopia ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 1st 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