Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Lesotho
Lesotho: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.1661 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Lesotho, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Lesotho stood at 0.1661 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Lesotho peaked at 0.2093 Index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1661 Index, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1909 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1909 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1909 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1909 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1909 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1909 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2093 Index | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2093 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1873 Index | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1873 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1661 Index | -11.3% |
| 2025 | 0.1661 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1909 Index | 0.1909 Index | 0.1909 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1876 Index | 0.1661 Index | 0.2093 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 6 Sudan 0.521 Index compare
- 7 Comoros 0.5185 Index compare
- 8 South Sudan 0.5162 Index compare
- 9 Burundi 0.509 Index compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 0.509 Index compare
- 11 Zimbabwe 0.5069 Index compare
- 12 Russian Federation 0.4676 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.08 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances 48.49 Percentage of GDP (2029)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — C. Trust 0.0167 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness 0.0371 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — A. 0.0003 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — B. Openess 0 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — D. 0 Index (2024)
- Index of digital trade integration and openness (INDIGO) — E. Wider 0.0201 Index (2024)
- Balanced trade in services 0.2357 US dollars, exchange rate converted (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Lesotho?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Lesotho was 0.1661 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2093 Index in 2020.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1661 Index in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Lesotho ranks 9th out of 18 groups with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. 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