Malaysia vs Thailand: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Malaysia
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.1013 Index against 0.0868 Index in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0145 Index.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
Malaysia ranks 87th and Thailand ranks 85th of 109 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0868 Index | 0.1806 Index | 0.0938 Index | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.0868 Index | 0.1277 Index | 0.0409 Index | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Malaysia or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.1013 Index against 0.0868 Index in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Malaysia and Thailand?
- 0.0145 Index, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Thailand?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Malaysia and Thailand rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Malaysia ranks 87th and Thailand ranks 85th 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