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.

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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: -0.013; Lower than recalculated 2018

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Barriers to domestic and foreign entry55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

Exact source values

Entry barriers source ledger

OECD high-level indicator covering administrative, sectoral, trade, and investment barriers to entry.

Rank	Economy	Database	Reference	Entry barriers	Recalc. 2018	Change
1	SwedenSWE	OECD	2023-01-01	0.768	0.831	-0.063
2	United KingdomGBR	OECD	2023-01-01	0.797	0.885	-0.088
3	DenmarkDNK	OECD	2023-01-01	0.810	0.953	-0.142
4	LithuaniaLTU	OECD	2023-01-01	0.845	0.958	-0.113
5	IrelandIRL	OECD	2023-01-01	0.983	1.017	-0.034
6	NetherlandsNLD	OECD	2024-01-01	0.990	1.015	-0.025
7	SpainESP	OECD	2023-01-01	1.003	0.969	+0.033
8	EstoniaEST	OECD	2023-01-01	1.016	1.115	-0.098
9	PolandPOL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.069	1.340	-0.270
10	FinlandFIN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.118	1.346	-0.227
11	CzechiaCZE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.122	1.289	-0.166
12	GermanyDEU	OECD	2023-01-01	1.138	1.335	-0.197
13	SloveniaSVN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.156	1.229	-0.072
14	NorwayNOR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.169	1.253	-0.084
15	GreeceGRC	OECD	2023-01-01	1.194	1.834	-0.640
16	Slovak RepublicSVK	OECD	2023-01-01	1.196	1.388	-0.192
17	BulgariaBGR	OECD	2024-01-01	1.212	1.422	-0.210
18	ItalyITA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.243	1.317	-0.075
19	CroatiaHRV	OECD	2023-01-01	1.250	1.545	-0.295
20	LatviaLVA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.266	1.446	-0.181
21	New ZealandNZL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.288	1.276	+0.012
22	PortugalPRT	OECD	2023-01-01	1.345	1.569	-0.224
23	ChileCHL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.373	1.820	-0.447
24	HungaryHUN	OECD	2024-01-01	1.382	1.549	-0.166
25	KoreaKOR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.387	1.512	-0.125
26	BelgiumBEL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.393	1.606	-0.213
27	CanadaCAN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.399	1.478	-0.080
28	SwitzerlandCHE	OECD	2023-01-01	1.411	1.525	-0.114
29	FranceFRA	OECD	2023-01-01	1.420	1.407	+0.013
30	JapanJPN	OECD	2023-01-01	1.435	1.743	-0.308
31	United StatesUSA	OECD	2024-01-01	1.442	1.455	-0.013
32	LuxembourgLUX	OECD	2023-01-01	1.463	1.699	-0.236
33	MexicoMEX	OECD	2023-01-01	1.516	1.708	-0.192
34	AustriaAUT	OECD	2023-01-01	1.547	1.722	-0.175
35	AustraliaAUS	OECD	2023-01-01	1.552	1.611	-0.060
36	PeruPER	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	1.621	1.704	-0.082
37	CyprusCYP	OECD	2024-01-01	1.677	1.768	-0.091
38	IcelandISL	OECD	2023-01-01	1.685	1.826	-0.141
39	MoldovaMDA	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	1.693	2.188	-0.495
40	ColombiaCOL	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	1.732	1.915	-0.183
41	IsraelISR	OECD	2023-01-01	1.765	1.973	-0.208
42	RomaniaROU	OECD	2025-01-01	1.794	2.027	-0.233
43	Costa RicaCRI	OECD-WBG	2023-01-01	1.845	2.154	-0.309
44	ArmeniaARM	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	1.869	n/a	n/a
45	MaltaMLT	OECD	2024-01-01	1.870	1.999	-0.129
46	IndonesiaIDN	OECD	2024-01-01	2.021	2.687	-0.666
47	ChinaCHN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.074	2.349	-0.275
48	Chinese TaipeiTWN	OECD	2024-01-01	2.087	n/a	n/a
49	ArgentinaARG	OECD-WBG	2025-01-01	2.177	3.043	-0.866
50	TürkiyeTUR	OECD	2023-01-01	2.192	2.342	-0.150
51	MoroccoMAR	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	2.415	n/a	n/a
52	BrazilBRA	OECD	2023-01-01	2.429	3.071	-0.642
53	ThailandTHA	OECD-ADB	2025-01-01	2.542	n/a	n/a
54	South AfricaZAF	OECD	2023-01-01	2.849	2.937	-0.088
55	KenyaKEN	OECD-WBG	2024-01-01	3.058	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.

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