Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Thailand
Thailand: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector was 0.3833 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Thailand, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.3833 Index for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Thailand peaked at 0.4588 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3833 Index, in 2022.
That places Thailand 3rd out of 39 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4588 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.4588 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4588 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4069 Index | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4069 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4069 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4069 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4069 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3833 Index | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3833 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3833 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3833 Index | +0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.3833 Index is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2601 Index, 1.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.3833 Index is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2329 Index, 1.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4328 Index | 0.4069 Index | 0.4588 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3912 Index | 0.3833 Index | 0.4069 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 1 Poland 0.288 Index compare
- 1 Viet Nam 0.2863 Index compare
- 1 Iceland 0.4736 Index compare
- 2 Russia 0.3885 Index compare
- 2 Türkiye 0.2753 Index compare
- 3 Slovenia 0.2612 Index compare
- 4 Estonia 0.2429 Index compare
- 4 Indonesia 0.3331 Index compare
- 5 United States 0.2088 Index compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 0.3228 Index compare
- 6 Philippines 0.3147 Index compare
More economy & growth data for Thailand
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0099 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 79.86 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.6567 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0072 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 58.32 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Thailand?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in Thailand was 0.3833 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4588 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3833 Index in 2022.
- How does Thailand rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
- Thailand ranks 3rd out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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