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FDI regulatory restrictiveness index

Compare fdi regulatory restrictiveness index across 103 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.1Index
Median: 0.1Index
Countries Covered
103
with available data
Highest
Libya
0.6Index
Lowest
United Kingdom
0.0Index
Top 5 Countries
1Libya0.6Index
2Lesotho0.4Index
3Lao People's Democratic Republic0.4Index
4Seychelles0.4Index
5Philippines0.4Index
By Region
Asia0.2Index(16 countries)
Oceania0.2Index(2 countries)
Other0.2Index(39 countries)
Africa0.2Index(6 countries)
North America0.1Index(3 countries)
Key Findings
  • 103 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Index observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • Libya has the highest published value (0.566825 Index).
  • United Kingdom has the lowest published value (0.000166667 Index).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0Index)High (0.6Index)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.1Index)

Asia (16)
Oceania (2)
Other (39)
Africa (6)
North America (3)
South America (6)
Europe (31)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index measure 'Regulatory restrictiveness'. The map uses the exact official 2024 slice in Index; fixed dimensions: ACTIVITY=_T (Total - All activities); POL_CAT=_T (Total).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index measure 'Regulatory restrictiveness'. The map uses the exact official 2024 slice in Index; fixed dimensions: ACTIVITY=_T (Total - All activities); POL_CAT=_T (Total).

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Libya0.6Index
2Lesotho0.4Index
3Lao People's Democratic Republic0.4Index
4Seychelles0.4Index
5Philippines0.4Index
6Malawi0.4Index
7Algeria0.3Index
8Saudi Arabia0.3Index
9United Republic of Tanzania0.3Index
10Malaysia0.3Index
11Mozambique0.3Index
12Indonesia0.3Index
13Jordan0.3Index
14South Sudan0.3Index
15Egypt0.2Index
16Thailand0.2Index
17Kyrgyzstan0.2Index
18People's Republic of China0.2Index
19Kenya0.2Index
20Vietnam0.2Index
21India0.2Index
22Democratic Republic of the Congo0.2Index
23State of Palestine0.2Index
24Burundi0.2Index
25Uzbekistan0.2Index
26Australia0.2Index
27Zambia0.2Index
28Brunei Darussalam0.2Index
29Madagascar0.2Index
30Eswatini0.2Index
31Botswana0.2Index
32Iceland0.2Index
33Canada0.2Index
34Mexico0.1Index
35New Zealand0.1Index
36Myanmar0.1Index
37Lebanon0.1Index
38Namibia0.1Index
39Mongolia0.1Index
40Tunisia0.1Index
41Türkiye0.1Index
42Switzerland0.1Index
43Israel0.1Index
44South Korea0.1Index
45Uganda0.1Index
46Mauritius0.1Index
47Cambodia0.1Index
48Zimbabwe0.1Index
49Bangladesh0.1Index
50Argentina0.1Index
51Belarus0.1Index
52Tajikistan0.1Index
53Angola0.1Index
54Italy0.1Index
55Singapore0.1Index
56Ukraine0.1Index
57Brazil0.1Index
58Poland0.1Index
59Serbia0.1Index
60Austria0.1Index
61Azerbaijan0.1Index
62United States of America0.1Index
63Japan0.0Index
64The Republic of North Macedonia0.0Index
65Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0Index
66Costa Rica0.0Index
67Croatia0.0Index
68Bulgaria0.0Index
69Kazakhstan0.0Index
70Slovenia0.0Index
71Morocco0.0Index
72South Africa0.0Index
73Uruguay0.0Index
74Colombia0.0Index
75Albania0.0Index
76Chile0.0Index
77Rwanda0.0Index
78Hungary0.0Index
79Georgia0.0Index
80France0.0Index
81Romania0.0Index
82Greece0.0Index
83Armenia0.0Index
84Slovakia0.0Index
85Montenegro0.0Index
86Lithuania0.0Index
87Peru0.0Index
88Estonia0.0Index
89Denmark0.0Index
90Norway0.0Index
91Moldova, Republic of0.0Index
92Czech Republic0.0Index
93Spain0.0Index
94Belgium0.0Index
95Netherlands0.0Index
96Germany0.0Index
97Latvia0.0Index
98Sweden0.0Index
99Ireland0.0Index
100Portugal0.0Index
101Luxembourg0.0Index
102Finland0.0Index
103United Kingdom0.0Index
Showing 103 of 103 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2024).

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