International regulatory benchmark / OECD

Product Market Regulation Atlas

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 atlas Open U.S. dossier Policy systems JSON CSV

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

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International comparison workspace

Administrative and regulatory burden55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Exact source values

Administrative burden source ledger

OECD medium-level indicator covering business administrative requirements, communication, simplification, licences, and permits.

Rank	Economy	Database	Reference	Administrative burden	Recalc. 2018	Change
1	GreeceGRC	OECD	2023-01-01	0.762	2.256	-1.494
2	IndonesiaIDN	OECD	2024-01-01	0.869	1.790	-0.921
3	PolandPOL	OECD	2023-01-01	0.933	1.454	-0.521
4	DenmarkDNK	OECD	2023-01-01	1.031	1.331	-0.300
5	LithuaniaLTU	OECD	2023-01-01	1.140	1.290	-0.150
6	SwedenSWE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.140	1.215	-0.075
7	ItalyITA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.150	1.150	0.000
8	EstoniaEST	OECD	2023-01-01	1.181	1.406	-0.225
9	MexicoMEX	OECD	2023-01-01	1.181	1.581	-0.400
10	SpainESP	OECD	2023-01-01	1.194	0.831	+0.363
11	SloveniaSVN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.221	1.221	0.000
12	HungaryHUN	OECD	2024-01-01	1.246	1.415	-0.169
13	ArgentinaARG	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	1.254	3.150	-1.896
14	KoreaKOR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.344	1.344	0.000
15	United KingdomGBR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.344	1.344	0.000
16	IrelandIRL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.356	1.356	0.000
17	CroatiaHRV	OECD	2023-01-01	1.406	2.112	-0.706
18	PortugalPRT	OECD	2023-01-01	1.494	1.744	-0.250
19	FinlandFIN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.508	1.869	-0.360
20	FranceFRA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.508	1.758	-0.250
21	LatviaLVA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.540	1.933	-0.394
22	CzechiaCZE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.570	1.843	-0.273
23	NetherlandsNLD	OECD	2024-01-01	1.652	1.652	0.000
24	Slovak RepublicSVK	OECD	2023-01-01	1.669	2.123	-0.455
25	CanadaCAN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.740	1.740	0.000
26	BelgiumBEL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.837	2.188	-0.350
27	BulgariaBGR	OECD	2024-01-01	1.848	2.317	-0.469
28	GermanyDEU	OECD	2023-01-01	1.869	2.319	-0.450
29	United StatesUSA	OECD	2024-01-01	1.888	1.888	0.000
30	MoldovaMDA	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	1.913	2.217	-0.304
31	New ZealandNZL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.913	1.775	+0.138
32	ChinaCHN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	1.962	2.213	-0.250
33	LuxembourgLUX	OECD	2023-01-01	2.133	2.326	-0.192
34	ArmeniaARM	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.233	n/a	n/a
35	ChileCHL	OECD	2023-01-01	2.259	3.412	-1.153
36	PeruPER	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.275	2.275	0.000
37	NorwayNOR	OECD	2023-01-01	2.294	2.294	0.000
38	AustraliaAUS	OECD	2023-01-01	2.313	2.313	0.000
39	Costa RicaCRI	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	2.325	2.825	-0.500
40	AustriaAUT	OECD	2023-01-01	2.331	2.656	-0.325
41	ColombiaCOL	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	2.377	2.677	-0.300
42	IsraelISR	OECD	2023-01-01	2.429	2.958	-0.529
43	MaltaMLT	OECD	2024-01-01	2.481	2.631	-0.150
44	SwitzerlandCHE	OECD	2023-01-01	2.507	2.601	-0.094
45	Chinese TaipeiTWN	OECD	2024-01-01	2.550	n/a	n/a
46	BrazilBRA	OECD	2023-01-01	2.650	3.894	-1.244
47	IcelandISL	OECD	2023-01-01	2.700	2.925	-0.225
48	JapanJPN	OECD	2023-01-01	2.925	3.311	-0.386
49	TürkiyeTUR	OECD	2023-01-01	2.931	3.625	-0.694
50	CyprusCYP	OECD	2024-01-01	2.942	2.942	0.000
51	RomaniaROU	OECD	2025-01-01	3.025	3.473	-0.448
52	ThailandTHA	OECD-ADB	2025-01-01	3.115	n/a	n/a
53	KenyaKEN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	3.183	n/a	n/a
54	MoroccoMAR	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	3.450	n/a	n/a
55	South AfricaZAF	OECD	2023-01-01	3.456	3.456	0.000

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.

ARGArgentinaOECD-WBG ARMArmeniaOECD-WBG AUSAustraliaOECD AUTAustriaOECD BELBelgiumOECD BRABrazilOECD BGRBulgariaOECD CANCanadaOECD CHLChileOECD CHNChinaOECD-WBG TWNChinese TaipeiOECD COLColombiaOECD-WBG CRICosta RicaOECD-WBG HRVCroatiaOECD CYPCyprusOECD CZECzechiaOECD DNKDenmarkOECD ESTEstoniaOECD FINFinlandOECD FRAFranceOECD DEUGermanyOECD GRCGreeceOECD HUNHungaryOECD ISLIcelandOECD IDNIndonesiaOECD IRLIrelandOECD ISRIsraelOECD ITAItalyOECD JPNJapanOECD KENKenyaOECD-WBG KORKoreaOECD LVALatviaOECD LTULithuaniaOECD LUXLuxembourgOECD MLTMaltaOECD MEXMexicoOECD MDAMoldovaOECD-WBG MARMoroccoOECD-WBG NLDNetherlandsOECD NZLNew ZealandOECD NORNorwayOECD PERPeruOECD-WBG POLPolandOECD PRTPortugalOECD ROURomaniaOECD SVKSlovak RepublicOECD SVNSloveniaOECD ZAFSouth AfricaOECD ESPSpainOECD SWESwedenOECD CHESwitzerlandOECD THAThailandOECD-ADB TURTürkiyeOECD GBRUnited KingdomOECD USAUnited StatesOECD