United States vs Zambia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index over time
- United States
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.3871 Index against 0.0609 Index in United States, a difference of 0.3262 Index.
That makes Zambia's figure about 6.4 times United States's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
United States ranks 16th and Zambia ranks 15th of 18 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United States | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0609 Index | 0.2343 Index | 0.1734 Index | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.0609 Index | 0.3604 Index | 0.2994 Index | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher digital services trade restrictiveness index, United States or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.3871 Index against 0.0609 Index in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in digital services trade restrictiveness index between United States and Zambia?
- 0.3262 Index, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Zambia?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do United States and Zambia rank globally for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- United States ranks 16th and Zambia ranks 15th of 18 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