Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Restrictions on foreign entry by country
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...
What the numbers show
Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Restrictions on foreign entry is currently reported for 7 countries. The highest value is 0.0118 Index in Iceland; the lowest is 0 Index in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 Index, and the mean is 0.0051 Index.
Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Restrictions on: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 4 | Czechia | 0 Index | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 0 Index | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 0 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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