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Australia PMR Profile

Compare published OECD product-market regulation indicators within their stated reference periods. Regulatory scores describe encoded policy settings, not observed market outcomes.

Compare nine OECD-published regulatory indicators across 55 economies. Lower values indicate fewer encoded barriers on the OECD 0-6 scale; they do not measure concentration or enforcement performance.
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Australia geographic locatorAustralia is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyAUS / AustraliaOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
1.347
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
22 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2023
Jan 1, 2023
Comparable change
-0.060
Lower than recalculated 2018
AUSAustraliaJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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Barriers to domestic and foreign entry55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

World distribution

Entry barriers across 55 economies

OECD high-level indicator covering administrative, sectoral, trade, and investment barriers to entry.
Fewer encoded barriersEntry barriers rangesMore encoded barriers
  1. < 1.00
  2. 1.00-1.24
  3. 1.25-1.49
  4. 1.50-1.74
  5. 1.75-2.24
  6. 2.25-2.74
  7. 2.75+
No PMR value / filtered
Barriers to domestic and foreign entry world mapLinked economy geometries colored by the current OECD Product Market Regulation value. Lower values use green and higher values use red.Afghanistan: no PMR valueAlbania: no PMR valueAlgeria: no PMR valueAngola: no PMR valueArgentina: 2.177 Entry barriersArmenia: 1.869 Entry barriersAustralia: 1.552 Entry barriersAustria: 1.547 Entry barriersAzerbaijan: no PMR valueBahamas: no PMR valueBangladesh: no PMR valueBelarus: no PMR valueBelgium: 1.393 Entry barriersBelize: no PMR valueBenin: no PMR valueBhutan: no PMR valueBolivia: no PMR valueBosnia and Herzegovina: no PMR valueBotswana: no PMR valueBrazil: 2.429 Entry barriersBrunei Darussalam: no PMR valueBulgaria: 1.212 Entry barriersBurkina Faso: no PMR valueBurundi: no PMR valueCambodia: no PMR valueCameroon: no PMR valueCanada: 1.399 Entry barriersCentral African Republic: no PMR valueChad: no PMR valueChile: 1.373 Entry barriersChina: 2.074 Entry barriersColombia: 1.732 Entry barriersCosta Rica: 1.845 Entry barriersCôte d'Ivoire: no PMR valueCroatia: 1.250 Entry barriersCuba: no PMR valueCyprus: 1.677 Entry barriersCzechia: 1.122 Entry barriersDem. Rep. Korea: no PMR valueDemocratic Republic of the Congo: no PMR valueDenmark: 0.810 Entry barriersDjibouti: no PMR valueDominican Republic: no PMR valueEcuador: no PMR valueEgypt: no PMR valueEl Salvador: no PMR valueEquatorial Guinea: no PMR valueEritrea: no PMR valueEstonia: 1.016 Entry barriersEthiopia: no PMR valueFalkland Islands / Malvinas: no PMR valueFiji: no PMR valueFinland: 1.118 Entry barriersFrance: 1.420 Entry barriersFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: no PMR valueGabon: no PMR valueGeorgia: no PMR valueGermany: 1.138 Entry barriersGhana: no PMR valueGreece: 1.194 Entry barriersGreenland: no PMR valueGuatemala: no PMR valueGuinea: no PMR valueGuinea-Bissau: no PMR valueGuyana: no PMR valueHaiti: no PMR valueHonduras: no PMR valueHungary: 1.382 Entry barriersIceland: 1.685 Entry barriersIndia: no PMR valueIndonesia: 2.021 Entry barriersIran: no PMR valueIraq: no PMR valueIreland: 0.983 Entry barriersIsrael: 1.765 Entry barriersItaly: 1.243 Entry barriersJamaica: no PMR valueJapan: 1.435 Entry barriersJordan: no PMR valueKazakhstan: no PMR valueKenya: 3.058 Entry barriersKingdom of eSwatini: no PMR valueKosovo: no PMR valueKuwait: no PMR valueKyrgyzstan: no PMR valueLao PDR: no PMR valueLatvia: 1.266 Entry barriersLebanon: no PMR valueLesotho: no PMR valueLiberia: no PMR valueLibya: no PMR valueLithuania: 0.845 Entry barriersLuxembourg: 1.463 Entry barriersMadagascar: no PMR valueMalawi: no PMR valueMalaysia: no PMR valueMali: no PMR valueMauritania: no PMR valueMexico: 1.516 Entry barriersMoldova: 1.693 Entry barriersMongolia: no PMR valueMontenegro: no PMR valueMorocco: 2.415 Entry barriersMozambique: no PMR valueMyanmar: no PMR valueNamibia: no PMR valueNepal: no PMR valueNetherlands: 0.990 Entry barriersNew Caledonia: no PMR valueNew Zealand: 1.288 Entry barriersNicaragua: no PMR valueNiger: no PMR valueNigeria: no PMR valueNorth Macedonia: no PMR valueNorthern Cyprus: no PMR valueNorway: 1.169 Entry barriersOman: no PMR valuePakistan: no PMR valuePalestine: no PMR valuePanama: no PMR valuePapua New Guinea: no PMR valueParaguay: no PMR valuePeru: 1.621 Entry barriersPhilippines: no PMR valuePoland: 1.069 Entry barriersPortugal: 1.345 Entry barriersPuerto Rico: no PMR valueQatar: no PMR valueKorea: 1.387 Entry barriersRepublic of the Congo: no PMR valueRomania: 1.794 Entry barriersRussian Federation: no PMR valueRwanda: no PMR valueSaudi Arabia: no PMR valueSenegal: no PMR valueSerbia: no PMR valueSierra Leone: no PMR valueSlovak Republic: 1.196 Entry barriersSlovenia: 1.156 Entry barriersSolomon Islands: no PMR valueSomalia: no PMR valueSomaliland: no PMR valueSouth Africa: 2.849 Entry barriersSouth Sudan: no PMR valueSpain: 1.003 Entry barriersSri Lanka: no PMR valueSudan: no PMR valueSuriname: no PMR valueSweden: 0.768 Entry barriersSwitzerland: 1.411 Entry barriersSyria: no PMR valueChinese Taipei: 2.087 Entry barriersTajikistan: no PMR valueTanzania: no PMR valueThailand: 2.542 Entry barriersThe Gambia: no PMR valueTimor-Leste: no PMR valueTogo: no PMR valueTrinidad and Tobago: no PMR valueTunisia: no PMR valueTürkiye: 2.192 Entry barriersTurkmenistan: no PMR valueUganda: no PMR valueUkraine: no PMR valueUnited Arab Emirates: no PMR valueUnited Kingdom: 0.797 Entry barriersUnited States: 1.442 Entry barriersUruguay: no PMR valueUzbekistan: no PMR valueVanuatu: no PMR valueVenezuela: no PMR valueVietnam: no PMR valueWestern Sahara: no PMR valueYemen: no PMR valueZambia: no PMR valueZimbabwe: no PMR valueMalta: 1.870 Entry barriers
Natural Earth 1:110m / 176 geometriesOECD update: May 2026Borders are geographic context, not policy positions.

Published indicator architecture

Australia component ledger

One OECD aggregate, two high-level indicators, and six medium-level indicators. Bars share the source's 0-6 scale.
AOverall PMROverall Product Market Regulation1.3471.47822 / 55-0.034HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement1.1421.46714 / 55-0.009HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry1.5521.41135 / 55-0.060MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership1.2701.22429 / 550.000MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations0.8441.2489 / 55-0.028MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation1.3111.91111 / 550.000MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden2.3131.86938 / 550.000MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.6261.84920 / 55-0.067MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.7160.53237 / 55-0.112
Current valueAll-economy medianRecalculated 2018

Interpretation boundary

A regulatory benchmark, not a competition verdict

The atlas preserves what this source can answer and keeps unlike evidence systems separate.

What the indicators encode

OECD questionnaire responses and coded laws and regulations, aggregated under the 2023 PMR methodology.

What they do not establish

Observed market concentration, market definition, legal liability, enforcement quality, consumer outcomes, or causal effects.

Why dates differ

Each economy retains the exact date of the laws and regulations encoded in the workbook; current rows span 2023-2025.

Why 2018 is comparable

Only OECD's recalculated 2018 sheet is used. The discontinued old-methodology sheet is excluded from the observatory.

Canonical economy dossiers

Browse all 55 profiles

Every current economy has a stable route, exact source dates, the nine-measure ledger, and reusable JSON and CSV.
ARGArgentinaOECD-WBGARMArmeniaOECD-WBGAUSAustraliaOECDAUTAustriaOECDBELBelgiumOECDBRABrazilOECDBGRBulgariaOECDCANCanadaOECDCHLChileOECDCHNChinaOECD-WBGTWNChinese TaipeiOECDCOLColombiaOECD-WBGCRICosta RicaOECD-WBGHRVCroatiaOECDCYPCyprusOECDCZECzechiaOECDDNKDenmarkOECDESTEstoniaOECDFINFinlandOECDFRAFranceOECDDEUGermanyOECDGRCGreeceOECDHUNHungaryOECDISLIcelandOECDIDNIndonesiaOECDIRLIrelandOECDISRIsraelOECDITAItalyOECDJPNJapanOECDKENKenyaOECD-WBGKORKoreaOECDLVALatviaOECDLTULithuaniaOECDLUXLuxembourgOECDMLTMaltaOECDMEXMexicoOECDMDAMoldovaOECD-WBGMARMoroccoOECD-WBGNLDNetherlandsOECDNZLNew ZealandOECDNORNorwayOECDPERPeruOECD-WBGPOLPolandOECDPRTPortugalOECDROURomaniaOECDSVKSlovak RepublicOECDSVNSloveniaOECDZAFSouth AfricaOECDESPSpainOECDSWESwedenOECDCHESwitzerlandOECDTHAThailandOECD-ADBTURTürkiyeOECDGBRUnited KingdomOECDUSAUnited StatesOECD
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