Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector — Restrictions on foreign entry 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 — Restrictions on foreign entry is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 0.1298 Index in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0118 Index in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0472 Index, and the mean is 0.0497 Index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 37.5%).
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 0.1298 Index | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 0.1298 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Indonesia | 0.1298 Index | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 3 | Slovenia | 0.0472 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Thailand | 0.118 Index | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0.118 Index | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Lithuania | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Estonia | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 6 | Philippines | 0.1062 Index | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 0.0708 Index | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 7 | China | 0.0708 Index | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 7 | Sweden | 0.0708 Index | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 0.0708 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 0.059 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Norway | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 0.059 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Brazil | 0.059 Index | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 11 | Israel | 0.059 Index | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 0.0472 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | India | 0.0472 Index | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 19 | Belgium | 0.0472 Index | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 0.0472 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Italy | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Hungary | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Greece | 0.0354 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 29 | Japan | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 29 | Ireland | 0.0236 Index | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Portugal | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Austria | 0.0118 Index | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | France | 0.0118 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.
- Viet Nam 0.1062 Index
- Korea 0.0708 Index
- Slovak Republic 0.0236 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