FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, 2018

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FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, 2018: every country, as published by OECD.

Positionderived	Country	FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed)	Foreign 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)
1	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.7508	0.63456	0.02712	0.003008	0.08646
2	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.7372	0.59110	0.10000	0.050000	0.07713
3	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.6726	0.65838	0.00056	0.000651	0.01300
4	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.5670	0.37780	0.10000	0.002017	0.10518
5	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.4790	0.30899	0.00000	0.053917	0.11613
6	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.4310	0.35279	0.00675	0.014038	0.05740
7	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.4236	0.31891	0.00000	0.007023	0.09997
8	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.4024	0.35863	0.00844	0.000000	0.03529
9	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.3805	0.23959	0.10000	0.000000	0.05443
10	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.3451	0.14581	0.05599	0.001125	0.14263
11	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.3224	0.16743	0.00038	0.000433	0.15419
12	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.3181	0.29663	0.00225	0.001781	0.01747
13	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.3171	0.21580	0.03321	0.006069	0.06204
14	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.2658	0.20463	0.00754	0.000000	0.05365
15	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.2532	0.23215	0.00000	0.010594	0.01049
16	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.2397	0.17798	0.01674	0.006006	0.03902
17	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.2325	0.17165	0.00000	0.000281	0.06618
18	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.2315	0.15556	0.00000	0.000000	0.07594
19	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.2301	0.15000	0.00000	0.001500	0.07863
20	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.2295	0.19094	0.02078	0.006738	0.01107
21	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.2228	0.17368	0.01175	0.026775	0.01056
22	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.2137	0.07044	0.00994	0.050000	0.08335
23	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.2028	0.15025	0.00000	0.000000	0.06038
24	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.1965	0.12083	0.00000	0.000000	0.07566
25	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.1941	0.03660	0.10000	0.000600	0.05688

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.0917. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Foreign equity limits (contribution to the index)

  HighestPalestine0.65838

  LowestKosovo0.00000

  Middle country: 0.03623

• Screening and approval (contribution to the index)

  Highest4 share it

  Lowest61 share it

  Middle country: 0.00000

• Restrictions on key foreign personnel (contribution to the index)

  HighestIndonesia0.053917

  Lowest32 share it

  Middle country: 0.000600

• Other restrictions (contribution to the index)

  HighestTanzania0.15419

  Lowest2 share it

  Middle country: 0.01364

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