Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Australia
Australia: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector was 0.0708 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Australia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0708 Index for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Australia peaked at 0.0826 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0708 Index, in 2018.
Australia ranks 7th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Australia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0826 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.0826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0708 Index | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0708 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0787 Index | 0.0708 Index | 0.0826 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0708 Index | 0.0708 Index | 0.0708 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 4 Lithuania 0.0354 Index compare
- 4 Thailand 0.118 Index compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 0.118 Index compare
- 5 Estonia 0.0236 Index compare
- 5 Poland 0.0236 Index compare
- 5 United States 0.0236 Index compare
- 5 Latvia 0.0236 Index compare
- 6 Philippines 0.1062 Index compare
- 7 China 0.0708 Index compare
- 7 Malaysia 0.0708 Index compare
- 7 Sweden 0.0708 Index compare
- 10 United Kingdom 0.0118 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 60,991 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 3.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.45 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 94,238 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.8814 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Australia?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Australia was 0.0708 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0826 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0708 Index in 2018.
- How does Australia rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
- Australia ranks 7th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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 — Restrictions on foreign entry. 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