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Austria 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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Austria geographic locatorAustria is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyAUT / AustriaOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
1.510
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
30 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2023
Jan 1, 2023
Comparable change
-0.100
Lower than recalculated 2018
AUTAustriaJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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Involvement in business operations55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Comparable movement

Business operations: current minus recalculated 2018

OECD medium-level indicator covering price controls, procurement, and operational intervention in service and network sectors.
  1. ArgentinaARG-0.953
  2. BrazilBRA-0.372
  3. LithuaniaLTU-0.334
  4. IsraelISR-0.325
  5. IndonesiaIDN-0.312
  6. ChinaCHN-0.310
  7. Costa RicaCRI-0.264
  8. SpainESP-0.245
  9. BulgariaBGR-0.238
  10. GreeceGRC-0.236
  11. SwitzerlandCHE-0.231
  12. CroatiaHRV-0.194
  13. CanadaCAN-0.191
  14. LuxembourgLUX-0.175
  15. ChileCHL-0.170
  16. FranceFRA-0.148
  17. NorwayNOR-0.123
  18. ItalyITA-0.114
  19. FinlandFIN-0.105
  20. AustriaAUT-0.100
  21. DenmarkDNK-0.100
  22. GermanyDEU-0.097
  23. PolandPOL-0.094
  24. SloveniaSVN-0.084
  25. EstoniaEST-0.083
  26. JapanJPN-0.083
  27. New ZealandNZL-0.083
  28. CyprusCYP-0.083
  29. Slovak RepublicSVK-0.083
  30. ColombiaCOL-0.050
  31. LatviaLVA-0.042
  32. SwedenSWE-0.042
  33. TürkiyeTUR-0.033
  34. KoreaKOR-0.030
  35. AustraliaAUS-0.028
  36. BelgiumBEL-0.019
  37. CzechiaCZE0.000
  38. HungaryHUN0.000
  39. IrelandIRL0.000
  40. MaltaMLT0.000
  41. MexicoMEX0.000
  42. MoldovaMDA0.000
  43. NetherlandsNLD0.000
  44. PeruPER0.000
  45. PortugalPRT0.000
  46. South AfricaZAF0.000
  47. United StatesUSA0.000
  48. United KingdomGBR+0.028
  49. RomaniaROU+0.073
  50. IcelandISL+0.139

Published indicator architecture

Austria 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 Regulation1.5101.47830 / 55-0.110HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement1.4741.46729 / 55-0.045HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry1.5471.41134 / 55-0.175MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership1.2991.22432 / 55-0.034MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations1.3971.24834 / 55-0.100MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation1.7251.91122 / 550.000MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden2.3311.86940 / 55-0.325MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.8181.84926 / 55-0.109MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.4920.53225 / 55-0.092
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

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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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