Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Malaysia
Malaysia: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector was 0.2601 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Malaysia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Malaysia stood at 0.2601 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Malaysia peaked at 0.2937 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2601 Index, in 2020.
Malaysia ranks 11th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2937 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.2937 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2937 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2937 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2769 Index | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2769 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2601 Index | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2601 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2601 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2601 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2601 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2601 Index | +0.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.2601 Index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2601 Index, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.2601 Index is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2329 Index, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2881 Index | 0.2769 Index | 0.2937 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2601 Index | 0.2601 Index | 0.2601 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 8 Lithuania 0.1814 Index compare
- 8 Hungary 0.2748 Index compare
- 9 Italy 0.2638 Index compare
- 9 Latvia 0.1364 Index compare
- 10 Mexico 0.2637 Index compare
- 10 United Kingdom 0.1253 Index compare
- 11 Netherlands 0.1086 Index compare
- 12 Colombia 0.2562 Index compare
- 13 Finland 0.2527 Index compare
- 14 Greece 0.2468 Index compare
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0126 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 165.93 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.291 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0092 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 121.16 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0078 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Malaysia?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Malaysia was 0.2601 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2937 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2601 Index in 2020.
- How does Malaysia rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
- Malaysia ranks 11th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
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