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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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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
-0.044
Lower than recalculated 2018
USAUnited StatesJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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Barriers to trade and investment55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

World distribution

Trade and investment across 55 economies

OECD medium-level indicator covering foreign direct investment, trade facilitation, and tariff barriers.
Fewer encoded barriersTrade and investment 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
Barriers to trade and investment 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: 2.669 Trade and investmentArmenia: 1.406 Trade and investmentAustralia: 0.716 Trade and investmentAustria: 0.492 Trade and investmentAzerbaijan: no PMR valueBahamas: no PMR valueBangladesh: no PMR valueBelarus: no PMR valueBelgium: 0.388 Trade and investmentBelize: no PMR valueBenin: no PMR valueBhutan: no PMR valueBolivia: no PMR valueBosnia and Herzegovina: no PMR valueBotswana: no PMR valueBrazil: 2.545 Trade and investmentBrunei Darussalam: no PMR valueBulgaria: 0.552 Trade and investmentBurkina Faso: no PMR valueBurundi: no PMR valueCambodia: no PMR valueCameroon: no PMR valueCanada: 0.505 Trade and investmentCentral African Republic: no PMR valueChad: no PMR valueChile: 0.436 Trade and investmentChina: 1.857 Trade and investmentColombia: 0.923 Trade and investmentCosta Rica: 0.792 Trade and investmentCôte d'Ivoire: no PMR valueCroatia: 0.452 Trade and investmentCuba: no PMR valueCyprus: 0.702 Trade and investmentCzechia: 0.482 Trade and investmentDem. Rep. Korea: no PMR valueDemocratic Republic of the Congo: no PMR valueDenmark: 0.375 Trade and investmentDjibouti: no PMR valueDominican Republic: no PMR valueEcuador: no PMR valueEgypt: no PMR valueEl Salvador: no PMR valueEquatorial Guinea: no PMR valueEritrea: no PMR valueEstonia: 0.378 Trade and investmentEthiopia: no PMR valueFalkland Islands / Malvinas: no PMR valueFiji: no PMR valueFinland: 0.350 Trade and investmentFrance: 0.406 Trade and investmentFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: no PMR valueGabon: no PMR valueGeorgia: no PMR valueGermany: 0.409 Trade and investmentGhana: no PMR valueGreece: 0.532 Trade and investmentGreenland: no PMR valueGuatemala: no PMR valueGuinea: no PMR valueGuinea-Bissau: no PMR valueGuyana: no PMR valueHaiti: no PMR valueHonduras: no PMR valueHungary: 0.590 Trade and investmentIceland: 0.645 Trade and investmentIndia: no PMR valueIndonesia: 2.313 Trade and investmentIran: no PMR valueIraq: no PMR valueIreland: 0.389 Trade and investmentIsrael: 0.955 Trade and investmentItaly: 0.586 Trade and investmentJamaica: no PMR valueJapan: 0.240 Trade and investmentJordan: no PMR valueKazakhstan: no PMR valueKenya: 3.037 Trade and investmentKingdom of eSwatini: no PMR valueKosovo: no PMR valueKuwait: no PMR valueKyrgyzstan: no PMR valueLao PDR: no PMR valueLatvia: 0.456 Trade and investmentLebanon: no PMR valueLesotho: no PMR valueLiberia: no PMR valueLibya: no PMR valueLithuania: 0.430 Trade and investmentLuxembourg: 0.356 Trade and investmentMadagascar: no PMR valueMalawi: no PMR valueMalaysia: no PMR valueMali: no PMR valueMauritania: no PMR valueMexico: 1.136 Trade and investmentMoldova: 1.185 Trade and investmentMongolia: no PMR valueMontenegro: no PMR valueMorocco: 1.466 Trade and investmentMozambique: no PMR valueMyanmar: no PMR valueNamibia: no PMR valueNepal: no PMR valueNetherlands: 0.311 Trade and investmentNew Caledonia: no PMR valueNew Zealand: 0.644 Trade and investmentNicaragua: no PMR valueNiger: no PMR valueNigeria: no PMR valueNorth Macedonia: no PMR valueNorthern Cyprus: no PMR valueNorway: 0.169 Trade and investmentOman: no PMR valuePakistan: no PMR valuePalestine: no PMR valuePanama: no PMR valuePapua New Guinea: no PMR valueParaguay: no PMR valuePeru: 0.450 Trade and investmentPhilippines: no PMR valuePoland: 0.486 Trade and investmentPortugal: 0.348 Trade and investmentPuerto Rico: no PMR valueQatar: no PMR valueKorea: 0.998 Trade and investmentRepublic of the Congo: no PMR valueRomania: 0.587 Trade and investmentRussian Federation: no PMR valueRwanda: no PMR valueSaudi Arabia: no PMR valueSenegal: no PMR valueSerbia: no PMR valueSierra Leone: no PMR valueSlovak Republic: 0.512 Trade and investmentSlovenia: 0.470 Trade and investmentSolomon Islands: no PMR valueSomalia: no PMR valueSomaliland: no PMR valueSouth Africa: 1.776 Trade and investmentSouth Sudan: no PMR valueSpain: 0.379 Trade and investmentSri Lanka: no PMR valueSudan: no PMR valueSuriname: no PMR valueSweden: 0.337 Trade and investmentSwitzerland: 0.423 Trade and investmentSyria: no PMR valueChinese Taipei: 1.838 Trade and investmentTajikistan: no PMR valueTanzania: no PMR valueThailand: 2.204 Trade and investmentThe Gambia: no PMR valueTimor-Leste: no PMR valueTogo: no PMR valueTrinidad and Tobago: no PMR valueTunisia: no PMR valueTürkiye: 1.257 Trade and investmentTurkmenistan: no PMR valueUganda: no PMR valueUkraine: no PMR valueUnited Arab Emirates: no PMR valueUnited Kingdom: 0.178 Trade and investmentUnited States: 0.590 Trade and investmentUruguay: 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: 0.798 Trade and investment
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
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