Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector was 0.1253 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in United Kingdom, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in United Kingdom stood at 0.1253 Index. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in United Kingdom peaked at 0.1819 Index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1253 Index, in 2021.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index by services sector in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1677 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.1677 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1677 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1819 Index | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1819 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1819 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1819 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1253 Index | -31.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1253 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1253 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1253 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1253 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1748 Index | 0.1677 Index | 0.1819 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1347 Index | 0.1253 Index | 0.1819 Index | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in United Kingdom?
- Services trade restrictiveness index by services sector in United Kingdom was 0.1253 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1819 Index in 2017.
- What is the lowest services trade restrictiveness index by services sector recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1253 Index in 2021.
- How does United Kingdom rank for services trade restrictiveness index by services sector?
- United Kingdom ranks 10th out of 11 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services trade restrictiveness index by services sector rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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