Nepal vs Pakistan: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Nepal
- Pakistan
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.3255 Index against 0.3085 Index in Pakistan, a difference of 0.017 Index.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 26th and Pakistan ranks 29th of 109 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2644 Index | 0.2086 Index | 0.0558 Index | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.3159 Index | 0.3085 Index | 0.0074 Index | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Nepal or Pakistan?
- Nepal, at 0.3255 Index against 0.3085 Index in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Nepal and Pakistan?
- 0.017 Index, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Pakistan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Pakistan rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Nepal ranks 26th and Pakistan ranks 29th 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