Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector was 0.1595 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.1595 Index
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.1778 Index
in 2014
All-time low
0.1595 Index
in 2022
Years of data
12
2014–2025

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Costa Rica, 2014–2025

00.050.10.150.22014201920252014: 0.178 Index2015: 0.178 Index2016: 0.178 Index2017: 0.178 Index2018: 0.178 Index2019: 0.178 Index2020: 0.169 Index2021: 0.169 Index2022: 0.16 Index2023: 0.16 Index2024: 0.16 Index2025: 0.16 Index

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.1595 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 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Costa Rica peaked at 0.1778 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1595 Index, in 2022.

That places Costa Rica 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Costa Rica, 2014 to 2025.
Year Index Change
2014 0.1778 Index
2015 0.1778 Index +0.0%
2016 0.1778 Index +0.0%
2017 0.1778 Index +0.0%
2018 0.1778 Index +0.0%
2019 0.1778 Index +0.0%
2020 0.1687 Index -5.1%
2021 0.1687 Index +0.0%
2022 0.1595 Index -5.5%
2023 0.1595 Index +0.0%
2024 0.1595 Index +0.0%
2025 0.1595 Index +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.1778 Index 0.1778 Index 0.1778 Index 6
2020s 0.1626 Index 0.1595 Index 0.1687 Index 6

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 32 France 0.1771 Index compare
  2. 33 Czechia 0.1696 Index compare
  3. 34 South Africa 0.1601 Index compare
  4. 36 Germany 0.1531 Index compare
  5. 37 Portugal 0.1268 Index compare
  6. 38 Spain 0.1206 Index compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Costa Rica?
Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Costa Rica was 0.1595 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 Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.1778 Index in 2014.
What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1595 Index in 2022.
How does Costa Rica rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
51 places, 612 data points, 2014–2025
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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