Intra-EEA STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness heterogeneity index by country
The OECD intra-EEA STRI heterogeneity indices complement the existing intra-EEA STRI's and presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the intra-EEA STRI regulatory database. The indices are built from assessing – for each country pair and each measure – whether or not the...
What the numbers show
Intra-EEA STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness heterogeneity index is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 0.2638 Index in Slovenia; the lowest is 0.0091 Index in Italy.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.04 Index, and the mean is 0.0457 Index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 5.5%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 55.5%).
Intra-EEA STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 0.2638 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 0.0636 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 0.0568 Index | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | France | 0.0568 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Sweden | 0.0545 Index | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Norway | 0.0518 Index | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0.04 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Finland | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Lithuania | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Latvia | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 6 | Hungary | 0.0477 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Ireland | 0.0477 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Greece | 0.0427 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Denmark | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Portugal | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.0309 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Germany | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 12 | Czechia | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 16 | Italy | 0.0091 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 0.0168 Index
About this data
The OECD intra-EEA STRI heterogeneity indices complement the existing intra-EEA STRI's and presents indices of regulatory heterogeneity based on the rich information in the intra-EEA 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. A zip file containing the STRI indices for all countries and sectors available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD INTREEA STRI HETEROGENEITY 2014-2025