Malawi vs Paraguay: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Malawi
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.2203 Index against 0.2072 Index in Malawi, a difference of 0.0131 Index.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 55th and Paraguay ranks 52nd of 109 countries.
Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1942 Index | 0.2522 Index | 0.058 Index | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 0.2072 Index | 0.2203 Index | 0.0131 Index | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Malawi or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.2203 Index against 0.2072 Index in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Malawi and Paraguay?
- 0.0131 Index, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Paraguay?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Paraguay rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Malawi ranks 55th and Paraguay ranks 52nd 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