Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory transparency by country
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...
What the numbers show
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory transparency is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 0.1007 Index in Iceland; the lowest is 0 Index in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0336 Index, and the mean is 0.0405 Index.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 100.0%).
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.1007 Index | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.0839 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Finland | 0.0671 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 0.0671 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 3 | Greece | 0.0671 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | France | 0.0671 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Belgium | 0.0671 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Austria | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Mexico | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 8 | Italy | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Israel | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Australia | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Canada | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Chile | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Colombia | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 0.0504 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Ireland | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Switzerland | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Denmark | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Norway | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Peru | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.0336 Index | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | Japan | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | India | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Indonesia | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Malaysia | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 30 | Portugal | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 30 | Philippines | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | China | 0.0168 Index | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 0 Index | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Singapore | 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.
- Türkiye 0.0671 Index
- Poland 0.0671 Index
- Estonia 0.0504 Index
- Lithuania 0.0336 Index
- Latvia 0.0336 Index
- Netherlands 0.0336 Index
- United Kingdom 0.0336 Index
- Slovak Republic 0.0336 Index
- United States 0.0168 Index
- Slovenia 0.0168 Index
- Korea 0 Index
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