Netherlands vs Sierra Leone: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- Netherlands
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.509 Index against 0.0644 Index in Netherlands, a difference of 0.4446 Index.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 7.9 times Netherlands's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Netherlands ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 18 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0498 Index | 0.495 Index | 0.4452 Index | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0644 Index | 0.509 Index | 0.4446 Index | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, Netherlands or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.509 Index against 0.0644 Index in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between Netherlands and Sierra Leone?
- 0.4446 Index, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sierra Leone?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Netherlands and Sierra Leone rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Netherlands ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th 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