Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity by country
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...
What the numbers show
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and connectivity is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 0.4364 Index in Comoros; the lowest is 0 Index in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.119 Index, and the mean is 0.1463 Index.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 450.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 100.0%).
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 0.4364 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 0.4364 Index | 2025 | up 450.0% | rising |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4364 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Sudan | 0.3571 Index | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia | 0.3571 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3571 Index | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Burundi | 0.3174 Index | 2025 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3174 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.3174 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Tunisia | 0.3174 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 0.3174 Index | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 0.2777 Index | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 12 | Guinea | 0.2777 Index | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.2777 Index | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 0.2777 Index | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Cambodia | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | South Africa | 0.2381 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Chile | 0.1984 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Kenya | 0.1984 Index | 2025 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0.1984 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | South Sudan | 0.1984 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Zambia | 0.1984 Index | 2025 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 28 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 28 | Congo | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 28 | Spain | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Gabon | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0.1587 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 37 | Angola | 0.119 Index | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Austria | 0.119 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Benin | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Indonesia | 0.119 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | India | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.119 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 0.119 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Liberia | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 37 | Myanmar | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.119 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 37 | Niger | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 0.119 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Pakistan | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.119 Index | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Singapore | 0.119 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.119 Index | 2025 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 37 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.119 Index | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.119 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Brazil | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 58 | Botswana | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Djibouti | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Algeria | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Ghana | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Gambia | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Greece | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Guatemala | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Libya | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Namibia | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | New Zealand | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Sweden | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Togo | 0.0793 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Albania | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 75 | Belgium | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Canada | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Czechia | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Germany | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Hungary | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Ireland | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Montenegro | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Malawi | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 75 | Nigeria | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Chad | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 75 | Thailand | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 75 | Uganda | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Kosovo | 0.0397 Index | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Mexico | 0 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Portugal | 0 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 Index | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 0 Index | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Equatorial Guinea 0.1984 Index
- Ethiopia 0.1984 Index
- Eswatini 0.1984 Index
- Poland 0.1984 Index
- Türkiye 0.1587 Index
- Madagascar 0.1587 Index
- Latvia 0.119 Index
- Slovenia 0.119 Index
- Cabo Verde 0.0793 Index
- Korea 0.0397 Index
- United States 0.0397 Index
- Mauritania 0 Index
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