Latvia vs Madagascar: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Latvia
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.2599 Index against 0.1835 Index in Latvia, a difference of 0.0764 Index.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.4 times Latvia's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Latvia ranks 8th and Madagascar ranks 5th of 18 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1093 Index | 0.2944 Index | 0.1851 Index | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.1835 Index | 0.2651 Index | 0.0817 Index | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Latvia or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.2599 Index against 0.1835 Index in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Latvia and Madagascar?
- 0.0764 Index, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Madagascar?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Latvia and Madagascar rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Latvia ranks 8th and Madagascar ranks 5th of 18 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