Lesotho vs South Sudan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Lesotho
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 0.5162 Index against 0.1661 Index in Lesotho, a difference of 0.3501 Index.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 3.1 times Lesotho's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 9th and South Sudan ranks 8th of 18 groups.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1909 Index | 0.5131 Index | 0.3223 Index | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.1876 Index | 0.5162 Index | 0.3286 Index | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Lesotho or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 0.5162 Index against 0.1661 Index in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Lesotho and South Sudan?
- 0.3501 Index, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and South Sudan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and South Sudan rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Lesotho ranks 9th and South Sudan ranks 8th 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