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United Kingdom 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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United Kingdom geographic locatorUnited Kingdom is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyGBR / United KingdomOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
0.897
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
3 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2023
Jan 1, 2023
Comparable change
+0.010
Higher than recalculated 2018
GBRUnited KingdomJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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International comparison workspace

Barriers in service and network sectors55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Current lower-barrier order

Service and network barriers ranking

OECD medium-level indicator covering barriers to entry in service and network sectors.
  1. 1SwedenSWE / OECD0.827
  2. 2United KingdomGBR / OECD0.869
  3. 3LithuaniaLTU / OECD0.966
  4. 4NetherlandsNLD / OECD1.006
  5. 5DenmarkDNK / OECD1.025
  6. 6NorwayNOR / OECD1.045
  7. 7GermanyDEU / OECD1.134
  8. 8JapanJPN / OECD1.139
  9. 9IrelandIRL / OECD1.203
  10. 10BulgariaBGR / OECD1.236
  11. 11SwitzerlandCHE / OECD1.303
  12. 12New ZealandNZL / OECD1.306
  13. 13CzechiaCZE / OECD1.315
  14. 14CyprusCYP / OECD1.386
  15. 15Slovak RepublicSVK / OECD1.406
  16. 16ChileCHL / OECD1.425
  17. 17SpainESP / OECD1.435
  18. 18EstoniaEST / OECD1.489
  19. 19FinlandFIN / OECD1.497
  20. 20AustraliaAUS / OECD1.626
  21. 21IcelandISL / OECD1.709
  22. 22RomaniaROU / OECD1.769
  23. 23SloveniaSVN / OECD1.778
  24. 24PolandPOL / OECD1.789
  25. 25LatviaLVA / OECD1.801
  26. 26AustriaAUT / OECD1.818
  27. 27KoreaKOR / OECD1.819
  28. 28United StatesUSA / OECD1.849
  29. 29Chinese TaipeiTWN / OECD1.874
  30. 30CroatiaHRV / OECD1.891
  31. 31ColombiaCOL / OECD-WBG1.895
  32. 32LuxembourgLUX / OECD1.901
  33. 33IsraelISR / OECD1.910
  34. 34CanadaCAN / OECD1.952
  35. 35BelgiumBEL / OECD1.954
  36. 36ArmeniaARM / OECD-WBG1.968
  37. 37MoldovaMDA / OECD-WBG1.982
  38. 38ItalyITA / OECD1.992
  39. 39BrazilBRA / OECD2.093
  40. 40PeruPER / OECD-WBG2.140
  41. 41PortugalPRT / OECD2.192
  42. 42MexicoMEX / OECD2.232
  43. 43GreeceGRC / OECD2.288
  44. 44ThailandTHA / OECD-ADB2.306
  45. 45HungaryHUN / OECD2.311
  46. 46MoroccoMAR / OECD-WBG2.329
  47. 47MaltaMLT / OECD2.331
  48. 48FranceFRA / OECD2.346
  49. 49TürkiyeTUR / OECD2.387
  50. 50ChinaCHN / OECD-WBG2.401
  51. 51Costa RicaCRI / OECD-WBG2.419
  52. 52ArgentinaARG / OECD-WBG2.609
  53. 53IndonesiaIDN / OECD2.882
  54. 54KenyaKEN / OECD-WBG2.954
  55. 55South AfricaZAF / OECD3.315

Published indicator architecture

United Kingdom 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 Regulation0.8971.4783 / 55-0.087HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement0.9961.4678 / 55-0.087HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry0.7971.4112 / 55-0.088MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership1.1981.22426 / 55+0.012MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations0.4041.2481 / 55+0.028MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation1.3881.91115 / 55-0.300MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden1.3441.86915 / 550.000MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors0.8691.8492 / 55+0.010MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.1780.5322 / 55-0.275
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