Costa Rica vs Spain: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.1595 Index against 0.1206 Index in Spain, a difference of 0.0389 Index.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 35th and Spain ranks 38th of 39 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1778 Index | 0.137 Index | 0.0408 Index | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1626 Index | 0.1347 Index | 0.0279 Index | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher services trade restrictiveness index by services sector, Costa Rica or Spain?
- Costa Rica, at 0.1595 Index against 0.1206 Index in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in services trade restrictiveness index by services sector between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0.0389 Index, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
- Costa Rica ranks 35th and Spain ranks 38th of 39 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The OECD STRI is a unique, evidence-based tool that collects information on services trade restrictions across 22 services sectors. The project has two distinct but complementary instruments: a services trade regulatory database and a services trade restrictiveness index. Based on the qualitative information in the database, composite indices quantify the identified restrictions across five standard policy categories, with values between zero and one. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one. This dataset presents a breakdown by economic activity at group- (3-digit) level of International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4. A zip file containing the STRI indices for all countries and sectors available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD STRI 2025