Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 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 is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 0.1036 Index in Iceland; the lowest is 0.0091 Index in Germany.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.03 Index, and the mean is 0.0331 Index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 340.0%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 69.7%).
Intra-EEA Services Trade Restrictiveness Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.1036 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.0568 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 0.0491 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Belgium | 0.0427 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Finland | 0.04 Index | 2025 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Austria | 0.04 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Greece | 0.0323 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 0.03 Index | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 8 | Sweden | 0.03 Index | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 0.0232 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Spain | 0.0232 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 0.0232 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Czechia | 0.0232 Index | 2025 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 14 | France | 0.0182 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Hungary | 0.0091 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Ireland | 0.0091 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Germany | 0.0091 Index | 2025 | down 69.7% | falling |
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