Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Botswana
Botswana: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions was 0.0637 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Botswana, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Botswana stood at 0.0637 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Botswana peaked at 0.0849 Index in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0637 Index, in 2014.
Botswana ranks 6th of 109 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0637 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0849 Index | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0637 Index | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0637 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0673 Index | 0.0637 Index | 0.0849 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0637 Index | 0.0637 Index | 0.0637 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 3 Angola 0.0849 Index compare
- 3 Somalia 0.0849 Index compare
- 3 South Sudan 0.0849 Index compare
- 6 Libya 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Sierra Leone 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Comoros 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Liberia 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Burundi 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Djibouti 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Mauritius 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0637 Index compare
- 6 Tunisia 0.0637 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Botswana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -117.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0571 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 444.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7708 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5,996 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0558 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Botswana?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions in Botswana was 0.0637 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0849 Index in 2015.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0637 Index in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions?
- Botswana ranks 6th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index — electronic transactions rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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