International regulatory benchmark / OECD

United States 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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Overall PMR: 1.579; OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank: 34 / 55; ascending current value
Reference date: 2024; Jan 1, 2024
Comparable change: -0.007; Lower than recalculated 2018

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Overall Product Market Regulation55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Exact source values

Overall PMR source ledger

OECD-published economy-wide aggregate on a 0-6 scale; lower values encode a more competition-friendly regulatory framework.

Rank	Economy	Database	Reference	Overall PMR	Recalc. 2018	Change
1	SwedenSWE	OECD	2023-01-01	0.806	0.867	-0.061
2	LithuaniaLTU	OECD	2023-01-01	0.855	1.128	-0.274
3	United KingdomGBR	OECD	2023-01-01	0.897	0.984	-0.087
4	IrelandIRL	OECD	2023-01-01	0.903	0.921	-0.017
5	NetherlandsNLD	OECD	2024-01-01	0.910	0.975	-0.065
6	EstoniaEST	OECD	2023-01-01	0.919	1.152	-0.233
7	FinlandFIN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.012	1.144	-0.132
8	NorwayNOR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.023	1.088	-0.065
9	DenmarkDNK	OECD	2023-01-01	1.049	1.139	-0.090
10	PolandPOL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.066	1.280	-0.213
11	SloveniaSVN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.133	1.182	-0.050
12	SpainESP	OECD	2023-01-01	1.163	1.187	-0.024
13	LatviaLVA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.181	1.546	-0.365
14	GermanyDEU	OECD	2023-01-01	1.208	1.432	-0.224
15	CzechiaCZE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.211	1.326	-0.115
16	FranceFRA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.230	1.255	-0.026
17	ItalyITA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.231	1.286	-0.055
18	BulgariaBGR	OECD	2024-01-01	1.310	1.663	-0.353
19	PeruPER	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	1.325	1.916	-0.591
20	SwitzerlandCHE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.328	1.461	-0.134
21	Slovak RepublicSVK	OECD	2023-01-01	1.331	1.504	-0.173
22	AustraliaAUS	OECD	2023-01-01	1.347	1.381	-0.034
23	ChileCHL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.347	1.699	-0.352
24	KoreaKOR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.354	1.504	-0.150
25	CroatiaHRV	OECD	2023-01-01	1.356	1.587	-0.231
26	GreeceGRC	OECD	2023-01-01	1.360	1.964	-0.604
27	New ZealandNZL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.362	1.482	-0.120
28	BelgiumBEL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.478	1.656	-0.178
29	CanadaCAN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.500	1.560	-0.060
30	AustriaAUT	OECD	2023-01-01	1.510	1.620	-0.110
31	IcelandISL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.530	1.690	-0.160
32	PortugalPRT	OECD	2023-01-01	1.534	1.709	-0.175
33	IsraelISR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.565	1.919	-0.354
34	United StatesUSA	OECD	2024-01-01	1.579	1.585	-0.007
35	HungaryHUN	OECD	2024-01-01	1.593	1.626	-0.033
36	JapanJPN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.604	1.772	-0.168
37	CyprusCYP	OECD	2024-01-01	1.649	1.844	-0.196
38	MoldovaMDA	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	1.674	2.187	-0.513
39	MaltaMLT	OECD	2024-01-01	1.725	1.889	-0.164
40	RomaniaROU	OECD	2025-01-01	1.727	1.921	-0.194
41	MexicoMEX	OECD	2023-01-01	1.791	1.894	-0.103
42	ColombiaCOL	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	1.831	1.978	-0.147
43	LuxembourgLUX	OECD	2023-01-01	1.835	2.007	-0.172
44	ArmeniaARM	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	1.958	n/a	n/a
45	Costa RicaCRI	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	2.046	2.307	-0.261
46	Chinese TaipeiTWN	OECD	2024-01-01	2.200	n/a	n/a
47	IndonesiaIDN	OECD	2024-01-01	2.201	2.799	-0.597
48	ArgentinaARG	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	2.298	3.104	-0.805
49	BrazilBRA	OECD	2023-01-01	2.317	3.052	-0.735
50	ThailandTHA	OECD-ADB	2025-01-01	2.383	n/a	n/a
51	TürkiyeTUR	OECD	2023-01-01	2.524	2.652	-0.128
52	ChinaCHN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.588	2.777	-0.189
53	South AfricaZAF	OECD	2023-01-01	2.827	2.871	-0.044
54	MoroccoMAR	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.890	n/a	n/a
55	KenyaKEN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.923	n/a	n/a

Published indicator architecture

United States 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 Regulation1.5791.47834 / 55-0.007 HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement1.7151.46737 / 550.000 HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry1.4421.41131 / 55-0.013 MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership2.1011.22447 / 550.000 MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations0.9941.24817 / 550.000 MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation2.0501.91130 / 550.000 MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden1.8881.86929 / 550.000 MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.8491.84928 / 55+0.005 MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.5900.53232 / 55-0.044

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.

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