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South Africa 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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South Africa geographic locatorSouth Africa is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyZAF / South AfricaOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
2.827
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
53 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2023
Jan 1, 2023
Comparable change
0.000
No rounded change
ZAFSouth AfricaRegulation only / 1 / 2 source lanes
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Involvement in business operations55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

World distribution

Business operations across 55 economies

OECD medium-level indicator covering price controls, procurement, and operational intervention in service and network sectors.
Fewer encoded barriersBusiness operations 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
Involvement in business operations 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: 1.694 Business operationsArmenia: 1.803 Business operationsAustralia: 0.844 Business operationsAustria: 1.397 Business operationsAzerbaijan: no PMR valueBahamas: no PMR valueBangladesh: no PMR valueBelarus: no PMR valueBelgium: 1.271 Business operationsBelize: no PMR valueBenin: no PMR valueBhutan: no PMR valueBolivia: no PMR valueBosnia and Herzegovina: no PMR valueBotswana: no PMR valueBrazil: 1.825 Business operationsBrunei Darussalam: no PMR valueBulgaria: 1.434 Business operationsBurkina Faso: no PMR valueBurundi: no PMR valueCambodia: no PMR valueCameroon: no PMR valueCanada: 0.981 Business operationsCentral African Republic: no PMR valueChad: no PMR valueChile: 1.010 Business operationsChina: 2.184 Business operationsColombia: 1.492 Business operationsCosta Rica: 2.189 Business operationsCôte d'Ivoire: no PMR valueCroatia: 0.873 Business operationsCuba: no PMR valueCyprus: 1.564 Business operationsCzechia: 1.009 Business operationsDem. Rep. Korea: no PMR valueDemocratic Republic of the Congo: no PMR valueDenmark: 0.679 Business operationsDjibouti: no PMR valueDominican Republic: no PMR valueEcuador: no PMR valueEgypt: no PMR valueEl Salvador: no PMR valueEquatorial Guinea: no PMR valueEritrea: no PMR valueEstonia: 0.801 Business operationsEthiopia: no PMR valueFalkland Islands / Malvinas: no PMR valueFiji: no PMR valueFinland: 0.877 Business operationsFrance: 1.248 Business operationsFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: no PMR valueGabon: no PMR valueGeorgia: no PMR valueGermany: 1.250 Business operationsGhana: no PMR valueGreece: 1.187 Business operationsGreenland: no PMR valueGuatemala: no PMR valueGuinea: no PMR valueGuinea-Bissau: no PMR valueGuyana: no PMR valueHaiti: no PMR valueHonduras: no PMR valueHungary: 1.049 Business operationsIceland: 0.890 Business operationsIndia: no PMR valueIndonesia: 2.294 Business operationsIran: no PMR valueIraq: no PMR valueIreland: 0.562 Business operationsIsrael: 1.162 Business operationsItaly: 1.177 Business operationsJamaica: no PMR valueJapan: 1.861 Business operationsJordan: no PMR valueKazakhstan: no PMR valueKenya: 2.416 Business operationsKingdom of eSwatini: no PMR valueKosovo: no PMR valueKuwait: no PMR valueKyrgyzstan: no PMR valueLao PDR: no PMR valueLatvia: 1.053 Business operationsLebanon: no PMR valueLesotho: no PMR valueLiberia: no PMR valueLibya: no PMR valueLithuania: 0.937 Business operationsLuxembourg: 1.220 Business operationsMadagascar: no PMR valueMalawi: no PMR valueMalaysia: no PMR valueMali: no PMR valueMauritania: no PMR valueMexico: 1.505 Business operationsMoldova: 1.487 Business operationsMongolia: no PMR valueMontenegro: no PMR valueMorocco: 2.115 Business operationsMozambique: no PMR valueMyanmar: no PMR valueNamibia: no PMR valueNepal: no PMR valueNetherlands: 0.436 Business operationsNew Caledonia: no PMR valueNew Zealand: 0.719 Business operationsNicaragua: no PMR valueNiger: no PMR valueNigeria: no PMR valueNorth Macedonia: no PMR valueNorthern Cyprus: no PMR valueNorway: 0.601 Business operationsOman: no PMR valuePakistan: no PMR valuePalestine: no PMR valuePanama: no PMR valuePapua New Guinea: no PMR valueParaguay: no PMR valuePeru: 1.430 Business operationsPhilippines: no PMR valuePoland: 1.089 Business operationsPortugal: 0.963 Business operationsPuerto Rico: no PMR valueQatar: no PMR valueKorea: 2.116 Business operationsRepublic of the Congo: no PMR valueRomania: 1.440 Business operationsRussian Federation: no PMR valueRwanda: no PMR valueSaudi Arabia: no PMR valueSenegal: no PMR valueSerbia: no PMR valueSierra Leone: no PMR valueSlovak Republic: 0.968 Business operationsSlovenia: 1.280 Business operationsSolomon Islands: no PMR valueSomalia: no PMR valueSomaliland: no PMR valueSouth Africa: 1.964 Business operationsSouth Sudan: no PMR valueSpain: 1.277 Business operationsSri Lanka: no PMR valueSudan: no PMR valueSuriname: no PMR valueSweden: 0.622 Business operationsSwitzerland: 1.007 Business operationsSyria: no PMR valueChinese Taipei: 2.640 Business operationsTajikistan: no PMR valueTanzania: no PMR valueThailand: 2.256 Business operationsThe Gambia: no PMR valueTimor-Leste: no PMR valueTogo: no PMR valueTrinidad and Tobago: no PMR valueTunisia: no PMR valueTürkiye: 2.338 Business operationsTurkmenistan: no PMR valueUganda: no PMR valueUkraine: no PMR valueUnited Arab Emirates: no PMR valueUnited Kingdom: 0.404 Business operationsUnited States: 0.994 Business operationsUruguay: 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: 1.321 Business operations
Natural Earth 1:110m / 176 geometriesOECD update: May 2026Borders are geographic context, not policy positions.

Published indicator architecture

South Africa 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 Regulation2.8271.47853 / 55-0.044HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement2.8051.46752 / 550.000HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry2.8491.41154 / 55-0.088MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership2.3011.22449 / 550.000MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations1.9641.24846 / 550.000MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation4.1501.91153 / 550.000MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden3.4561.86955 / 550.000MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors3.3151.84955 / 55-0.083MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment1.7760.53248 / 55-0.180
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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