Belgium vs Italy: Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Regulatory
Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Regulatory over time
- Belgium
- Italy
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.0336 Index against 0.0168 Index in Italy, a difference of 0.0168 Index.
That makes Belgium's figure about 2.0 times Italy's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 4th of 17 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0336 Index | 0.0168 Index | 0.0168 Index | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.0336 Index | 0.0168 Index | 0.0168 Index | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher intra-eea services trade restrictiveness index — regulatory, Belgium or Italy?
- Belgium, at 0.0336 Index against 0.0168 Index in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in intra-eea services trade restrictiveness index — regulatory between Belgium and Italy?
- 0.0168 Index, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for intra-eea services trade restrictiveness index — regulatory?
- Belgium ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 4th of 17 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Regulatory transparency. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index identifies and catalogues which policy measures restrict trade within the European Economic Area (EEA) for 24 OECD EU member countries (25 up to 2020). It complements the existing STRI, which quantifies multilateral services trade restrictiveness, allowing to track the progress of regional services integration across 22 services sectors. A zip file containing the STRI indices for all countries and sectors available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD INTREEA STRI 2014-2025