Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to in Germany

Germany: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to was 0.0091 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.0091 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.0182 Index
in 2014
All-time low
0.0091 Index
in 2021
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to in Germany, 2014–2025

00.0050.010.0150.022014201920252014: 0.018 Index2015: 0.018 Index2016: 0.018 Index2017: 0.018 Index2018: 0.018 Index2019: 0.018 Index2020: 0.018 Index2021: 0.009 Index2022: 0.009 Index2023: 0.009 Index2024: 0.009 Index2025: 0.009 Index

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.

Analysis

Germany recorded 0.0091 Index for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to in Germany peaked at 0.0182 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0091 Index, in 2021.

That places Germany 13th out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to in Germany, year by year

Annual values for Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to competition in Germany, 2014 to 2025.
Year Index Change
2014 0.0182 Index
2015 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2016 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2017 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2018 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2019 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2020 0.0182 Index +0.0%
2021 0.0091 Index -50.0%
2022 0.0091 Index +0.0%
2023 0.0091 Index +0.0%
2024 0.0091 Index +0.0%
2025 0.0091 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.0182 Index 0.0182 Index 0.0182 Index 6
2020s 0.0106 Index 0.0091 Index 0.0182 Index 6

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 13 Finland 0.0091 Index compare
  2. 13 Australia 0.0091 Index compare
  3. 13 Austria 0.0091 Index compare
  4. 13 Belgium 0.0091 Index compare
  5. 13 Czechia 0.0091 Index compare
  6. 13 Denmark 0.0091 Index compare
  7. 13 Hungary 0.0091 Index compare
  8. 13 Ireland 0.0091 Index compare
  9. 13 Japan 0.0091 Index compare
  10. 13 Luxembourg 0.0091 Index compare
  11. 13 Portugal 0.0091 Index compare
  12. 13 Spain 0.0091 Index compare
  13. 13 Switzerland 0.0091 Index compare
  14. 13 China 0.0091 Index compare
  15. 13 Peru 0.0091 Index compare
  16. 13 Philippines 0.0091 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to in Germany?
Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to in Germany was 0.0091 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 0.0182 Index in 2014.
What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0091 Index in 2021.
How does Germany rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to?
Germany ranks 13th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — barriers to rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Germany data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to competition. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Barriers to competition
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
51 places, 612 data points, 2014–2025
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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