Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in China
China: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory was 0.0168 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in China, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in China stood at 0.0168 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in China peaked at 0.0839 Index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0168 Index, in 2014.
That places China 30th out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in China, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0168 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0336 Index | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0168 Index | -50.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0839 Index | +400.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0839 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0839 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0168 Index | -80.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0196 Index | 0.0168 Index | 0.0336 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0504 Index | 0.0168 Index | 0.0839 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More economy & growth data for China
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.46 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 7.15 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 99,084 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual 11.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 11.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.1044 (2025)
- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 9.58 (2025)
- Domestic currency per US dollar (End-of-period (EoP)) 6.99 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in China?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in China was 0.0168 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0839 Index in 2020.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0168 Index in 2014.
- How does China rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory?
- China ranks 30th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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 — Regulatory transparency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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