FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: fdi-restrictiveness-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed)is built fromForeign equity limits (contribution to the index)Screening and approval (contribution to the index)Restrictions on key foreign personnel (contribution to the index)Other restrictions (contribution to the index)

Every column in the newest file of FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2024	Distinct	Empty	Spread
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	104	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	104	0
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed)fdi_restrictivenessHeadline	The headline figure: FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed).	Number · up to 9 decimals	0.00017United Kingdom0.56683Libyamiddle 0.07869	104	0
Foreign equity limits (contribution to the index)equity_limitsPart of the headline	The part of the index from caps on how much of a company foreign investors may own, sector by sector.	Number · up to 9 decimals	0.000002 share it0.42133Libyamiddle 0.03623	97	0
Screening and approval (contribution to the index)screening_approvalPart of the headline	The part of the index from requirements that foreign investment be screened, notified or approved before it goes ahead.	Number · up to 9 decimals	0.0000059 share it0.100006 share itmiddle 0.00000	39	0
Restrictions on key foreign personnel (contribution to the index)key_personnelPart of the headline	The part of the index from limits on employing foreigners as managers, directors or key specialists.	Number · up to 9 decimals	0.00000032 share it0.050000DR Congomiddle 0.000600	65	0
Other restrictions (contribution to the index)other_restrictionsPart of the headline	The part of the index from other limits on foreign firms, such as rules on branches, land ownership, profit repatriation or capital.	Number · up to 9 decimals	0.000003 share it0.15486Tanzaniamiddle 0.01326	98	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

The same 104 countries in every year.

Not in this dataset · 121 places this site covers

OECD gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AfghanistanAmerican SamoaAndorraAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArubaBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBritish Virgin IslandsBurkina FasoCabo VerdeCameroonCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChannel IslandsComorosCook IslandsCôte d’IvoireCubaCuraçaoCyprusDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEthiopiaFaroe IslandsFijiFrench PolynesiaGabonGambiaGhanaGibraltarGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong KongIranIraqIsle of ManJamaicaKiribatiKuwaitLiberiaLiechtensteinMacauMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMicronesiaMonacoMontserratNauruNepalNew CaledoniaNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPuerto RicoQatarRepublic of the CongoRussiaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSenegalSierra LeoneSint MaartenSolomon IslandsSomaliaSomalilandSri LankaSudanSurinameSyriaTaiwanTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUnited Arab EmiratesUnited States Virgin IslandsVanuatuVatican CityVenezuelaYemen

1. 1 · Publisher

   OECD

   data-explorer.oecd.org

2. 2 · Their file

   FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index 2024

   ._T._T+CLAS1_1+CLAS1_2+CLAS1_3+_O.RR.IX

3. 3 · Read by this site

   October 3, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   5 files, one per year

   Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as fdi-restrictiveness-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/fdi-restrictiveness

Read from the OECD's own SDMX API. The four policy categories are stored beside the headline; because a sector cannot score more than fully closed, they can add up to slightly more than the total. The OECD's older vintages of the index, built on an earlier method, are not mixed in.

• Charted

  FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index by country

  Who is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.

• Subjects

  • Money & Public Finance
  • Mobility & Trade

• Near neighbours

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  • Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditWorld Bank Group · 1 held · 2025
  • Inflation, GDP DeflatorWorld Bank Group · 65 held · 1961–2025