Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in Malaysia
Malaysia: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory was 0.0168 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in Malaysia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.0168 Index for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in Malaysia peaked at 0.0504 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0168 Index, in 2020.
Malaysia ranks 30th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Regulatory in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0504 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0504 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0336 Index | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0336 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0168 Index | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0168 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0448 Index | 0.0336 Index | 0.0504 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0168 Index | 0.0168 Index | 0.0168 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More economy & growth data for Malaysia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 4.14 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 54,300 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual -12.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -5.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 22.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 169.06 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in Malaysia?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory in Malaysia 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0504 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0168 Index in 2020.
- How does Malaysia rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory?
- Malaysia ranks 30th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector — regulatory rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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