Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe OECD Digital STRI heterogeneity indices complement the recently published Digital STRI's and presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the Digital STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the countries have the same regulation. For each country pair and each sector, the indices reflect the (weighted) share of measures for which the two countries have different regulation.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Name of collection/source Name of collection/sourceDigital STRI Regulatory Database
Date last input received Date last input receivedDecember, 2021
Source Periodicity Source PeriodicityYearly
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedNational legislation from public websites
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Other data characteristics Other data characteristics Reference period Reference period2014-2021
Unit of measure used Unit of measure usedSTRI indices take the value from 0 to 1. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverage74 countries: OECD, Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Peru, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Hong-Kong China, Nepal, Pakistan, Vanuatu, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo
Sector coverage Sector coverageDigitally-enabled services
Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Index type Index typeComposite indicator
Weights WeightsExpert judgement weights by policy and sector
The OECD Digital STRI heterogeneity indices complement the recently published Digital STRI's and presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the Digital STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the countries have the same regulation. For each country pair and each sector, the indices reflect the (weighted) share of measures for which the two countries have different regulation.
National legislation from public websites
Digital STRI Regulatory Database
Yearly
December, 2021
STRI indices take the value from 0 to 1. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one.
2014-2021
74 countries: OECD, Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Peru, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Hong-Kong China, Nepal, Pakistan, Vanuatu, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo
Digitally-enabled services
Composite indicator
Expert judgement weights by policy and sector