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Ireland 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.
Explore atlasAll economiesPolicy systemsJSONCSV
Ireland geographic locatorIreland is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyIRL / IrelandOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
0.903
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
4 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2023
Jan 1, 2023
Comparable change
0.000
No rounded change
IRLIrelandJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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International comparison workspace

Involvement in business operations55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Current lower-barrier order

Business operations ranking

OECD medium-level indicator covering price controls, procurement, and operational intervention in service and network sectors.
  1. 1United KingdomGBR / OECD0.404
  2. 2NetherlandsNLD / OECD0.436
  3. 3IrelandIRL / OECD0.562
  4. 4NorwayNOR / OECD0.601
  5. 5SwedenSWE / OECD0.622
  6. 6DenmarkDNK / OECD0.679
  7. 7New ZealandNZL / OECD0.719
  8. 8EstoniaEST / OECD0.801
  9. 9AustraliaAUS / OECD0.844
  10. 10CroatiaHRV / OECD0.873
  11. 11FinlandFIN / OECD0.877
  12. 12IcelandISL / OECD0.890
  13. 13LithuaniaLTU / OECD0.937
  14. 14PortugalPRT / OECD0.963
  15. 15Slovak RepublicSVK / OECD0.968
  16. 16CanadaCAN / OECD0.981
  17. 17United StatesUSA / OECD0.994
  18. 18SwitzerlandCHE / OECD1.007
  19. 19CzechiaCZE / OECD1.009
  20. 20ChileCHL / OECD1.010
  21. 21HungaryHUN / OECD1.049
  22. 22LatviaLVA / OECD1.053
  23. 23PolandPOL / OECD1.089
  24. 24IsraelISR / OECD1.162
  25. 25ItalyITA / OECD1.177
  26. 26GreeceGRC / OECD1.187
  27. 27LuxembourgLUX / OECD1.220
  28. 28FranceFRA / OECD1.248
  29. 29GermanyDEU / OECD1.250
  30. 30BelgiumBEL / OECD1.271
  31. 31SpainESP / OECD1.277
  32. 32SloveniaSVN / OECD1.280
  33. 33MaltaMLT / OECD1.321
  34. 34AustriaAUT / OECD1.397
  35. 35PeruPER / OECD-WBG1.430
  36. 36BulgariaBGR / OECD1.434
  37. 37RomaniaROU / OECD1.440
  38. 38MoldovaMDA / OECD-WBG1.487
  39. 39ColombiaCOL / OECD-WBG1.492
  40. 40MexicoMEX / OECD1.505
  41. 41CyprusCYP / OECD1.564
  42. 42ArgentinaARG / OECD-WBG1.694
  43. 43ArmeniaARM / OECD-WBG1.803
  44. 44BrazilBRA / OECD1.825
  45. 45JapanJPN / OECD1.861
  46. 46South AfricaZAF / OECD1.964
  47. 47MoroccoMAR / OECD-WBG2.115
  48. 48KoreaKOR / OECD2.116
  49. 49ChinaCHN / OECD-WBG2.184
  50. 50Costa RicaCRI / OECD-WBG2.189
  51. 51ThailandTHA / OECD-ADB2.256
  52. 52IndonesiaIDN / OECD2.294
  53. 53TürkiyeTUR / OECD2.338
  54. 54KenyaKEN / OECD-WBG2.416
  55. 55Chinese TaipeiTWN / OECD2.640

Published indicator architecture

Ireland 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 Regulation0.9031.4784 / 55-0.017HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement0.8241.4672 / 550.000HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry0.9831.4115 / 55-0.034MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership0.9111.22413 / 550.000MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations0.5621.2483 / 550.000MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation1.0001.9116 / 550.000MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden1.3561.86916 / 550.000MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.2031.8499 / 55-0.042MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.3890.53213 / 55-0.062
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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