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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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United States geographic locatorUnited States is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyUSA / United StatesOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
1.579
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
34 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2024
Jan 1, 2024
Comparable change
0.000
No rounded change
USAUnited StatesJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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Distortions induced by state involvement55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

World distribution

State involvement across 55 economies

OECD high-level indicator covering the regulatory channels through which state involvement can distort competitive conditions.
Fewer encoded barriersState involvement 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
Distortions induced by state involvement 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: 2.419 State involvementArmenia: 2.047 State involvementAustralia: 1.142 State involvementAustria: 1.474 State involvementAzerbaijan: no PMR valueBahamas: no PMR valueBangladesh: no PMR valueBelarus: no PMR valueBelgium: 1.563 State involvementBelize: no PMR valueBenin: no PMR valueBhutan: no PMR valueBolivia: no PMR valueBosnia and Herzegovina: no PMR valueBotswana: no PMR valueBrazil: 2.204 State involvementBrunei Darussalam: no PMR valueBulgaria: 1.408 State involvementBurkina Faso: no PMR valueBurundi: no PMR valueCambodia: no PMR valueCameroon: no PMR valueCanada: 1.601 State involvementCentral African Republic: no PMR valueChad: no PMR valueChile: 1.321 State involvementChina: 3.103 State involvementColombia: 1.931 State involvementCosta Rica: 2.247 State involvementCôte d'Ivoire: no PMR valueCroatia: 1.462 State involvementCuba: no PMR valueCyprus: 1.620 State involvementCzechia: 1.300 State involvementDem. Rep. Korea: no PMR valueDemocratic Republic of the Congo: no PMR valueDenmark: 1.289 State involvementDjibouti: no PMR valueDominican Republic: no PMR valueEcuador: no PMR valueEgypt: no PMR valueEl Salvador: no PMR valueEquatorial Guinea: no PMR valueEritrea: no PMR valueEstonia: 0.822 State involvementEthiopia: no PMR valueFalkland Islands / Malvinas: no PMR valueFiji: no PMR valueFinland: 0.905 State involvementFrance: 1.039 State involvementFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: no PMR valueGabon: no PMR valueGeorgia: no PMR valueGermany: 1.279 State involvementGhana: no PMR valueGreece: 1.525 State involvementGreenland: no PMR valueGuatemala: no PMR valueGuinea: no PMR valueGuinea-Bissau: no PMR valueGuyana: no PMR valueHaiti: no PMR valueHonduras: no PMR valueHungary: 1.804 State involvementIceland: 1.375 State involvementIndia: no PMR valueIndonesia: 2.381 State involvementIran: no PMR valueIraq: no PMR valueIreland: 0.824 State involvementIsrael: 1.366 State involvementItaly: 1.219 State involvementJamaica: no PMR valueJapan: 1.774 State involvementJordan: no PMR valueKazakhstan: no PMR valueKenya: 2.787 State involvementKingdom of eSwatini: no PMR valueKosovo: no PMR valueKuwait: no PMR valueKyrgyzstan: no PMR valueLao PDR: no PMR valueLatvia: 1.096 State involvementLebanon: no PMR valueLesotho: no PMR valueLiberia: no PMR valueLibya: no PMR valueLithuania: 0.864 State involvementLuxembourg: 2.206 State involvementMadagascar: no PMR valueMalawi: no PMR valueMalaysia: no PMR valueMali: no PMR valueMauritania: no PMR valueMexico: 2.065 State involvementMoldova: 1.655 State involvementMongolia: no PMR valueMontenegro: no PMR valueMorocco: 3.364 State involvementMozambique: no PMR valueMyanmar: no PMR valueNamibia: no PMR valueNepal: no PMR valueNetherlands: 0.830 State involvementNew Caledonia: no PMR valueNew Zealand: 1.437 State involvementNicaragua: no PMR valueNiger: no PMR valueNigeria: no PMR valueNorth Macedonia: no PMR valueNorthern Cyprus: no PMR valueNorway: 0.877 State involvementOman: no PMR valuePakistan: no PMR valuePalestine: no PMR valuePanama: no PMR valuePapua New Guinea: no PMR valueParaguay: no PMR valuePeru: 1.029 State involvementPhilippines: no PMR valuePoland: 1.063 State involvementPortugal: 1.723 State involvementPuerto Rico: no PMR valueQatar: no PMR valueKorea: 1.321 State involvementRepublic of the Congo: no PMR valueRomania: 1.660 State involvementRussian Federation: no PMR valueRwanda: no PMR valueSaudi Arabia: no PMR valueSenegal: no PMR valueSerbia: no PMR valueSierra Leone: no PMR valueSlovak Republic: 1.467 State involvementSlovenia: 1.109 State involvementSolomon Islands: no PMR valueSomalia: no PMR valueSomaliland: no PMR valueSouth Africa: 2.805 State involvementSouth Sudan: no PMR valueSpain: 1.324 State involvementSri Lanka: no PMR valueSudan: no PMR valueSuriname: no PMR valueSweden: 0.845 State involvementSwitzerland: 1.245 State involvementSyria: no PMR valueChinese Taipei: 2.313 State involvementTajikistan: no PMR valueTanzania: no PMR valueThailand: 2.225 State involvementThe Gambia: no PMR valueTimor-Leste: no PMR valueTogo: no PMR valueTrinidad and Tobago: no PMR valueTunisia: no PMR valueTürkiye: 2.855 State involvementTurkmenistan: no PMR valueUganda: no PMR valueUkraine: no PMR valueUnited Arab Emirates: no PMR valueUnited Kingdom: 0.996 State involvementUnited States: 1.715 State involvementUruguay: 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: 1.579 State involvement
Natural Earth 1:110m / 176 geometriesOECD update: May 2026Borders are geographic context, not policy positions.

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 / 55-0.007HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement1.7151.46737 / 550.000HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry1.4421.41131 / 55-0.013MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership2.1011.22447 / 550.000MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations0.9941.24817 / 550.000MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation2.0501.91130 / 550.000MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden1.8881.86929 / 550.000MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.8491.84928 / 55+0.005MTrade 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.
ARGArgentinaOECD-WBGARMArmeniaOECD-WBGAUSAustraliaOECDAUTAustriaOECDBELBelgiumOECDBRABrazilOECDBGRBulgariaOECDCANCanadaOECDCHLChileOECDCHNChinaOECD-WBGTWNChinese TaipeiOECDCOLColombiaOECD-WBGCRICosta RicaOECD-WBGHRVCroatiaOECDCYPCyprusOECDCZECzechiaOECDDNKDenmarkOECDESTEstoniaOECDFINFinlandOECDFRAFranceOECDDEUGermanyOECDGRCGreeceOECDHUNHungaryOECDISLIcelandOECDIDNIndonesiaOECDIRLIrelandOECDISRIsraelOECDITAItalyOECDJPNJapanOECDKENKenyaOECD-WBGKORKoreaOECDLVALatviaOECDLTULithuaniaOECDLUXLuxembourgOECDMLTMaltaOECDMEXMexicoOECDMDAMoldovaOECD-WBGMARMoroccoOECD-WBGNLDNetherlandsOECDNZLNew ZealandOECDNORNorwayOECDPERPeruOECD-WBGPOLPolandOECDPRTPortugalOECDROURomaniaOECDSVKSlovak RepublicOECDSVNSloveniaOECDZAFSouth AfricaOECDESPSpainOECDSWESwedenOECDCHESwitzerlandOECDTHAThailandOECD-ADBTURTürkiyeOECDGBRUnited KingdomOECDUSAUnited StatesOECD