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Trade, S2 - Restrictions on payments for good imports by country

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.

Countries reporting
90
Highest
2
Ireland
Lowest
0.5
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
2
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,480

What the numbers show

Trade, S2 - Restrictions on payments for good imports is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 2 in Ireland; the lowest is 0.5 in Côte d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 1.67.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 66.7%).

Trade, S2 - Restrictions on payments for good imports: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Estonia 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Romania 2 2014 up 33.3% volatile
1 Finland 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 France 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 United Kingdom 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Paraguay 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Greece 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Guatemala 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Hong Kong (China) 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Portugal 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Poland 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Spain 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Israel 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Italy 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Jamaica 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Jordan 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Japan 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Philippines 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Kenya 2 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Kyrgyzstan 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Republic of Korea 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Peru 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Egypt 2 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Australia 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Austria 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Belgium 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 United States 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Bulgaria 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
1 Uganda 2 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Norway 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Canada 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Chile 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Thailand 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Sweden 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Costa Rica 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Czechia 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Germany 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 2 2014 unchanged rising
1 Singapore 2 2014 unchanged flat
1 Russia 2 2014 up 33.3% rising
51 Nepal 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Pakistan 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Nicaragua 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Zimbabwe 1.5 2014 up 50.0% rising
51 Senegal 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 El Salvador 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Tunisia 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Türkiye 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 United Republic of Tanzania 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Albania 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Malaysia 1.5 2014 unchanged flat
51 Burkina Faso 1.5 2014 up 50.0% rising
51 Brazil 1.5 2014 up 200.0% volatile
51 China 1.5 2014 up 200.0% volatile
51 Cameroon 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Colombia 1.5 2014 down 25.0% rising
51 Dominican Republic 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Algeria 1.5 2014 up 50.0% rising
51 Ethiopia 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 India 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Kazakhstan 1.5 2014 up 200.0% rising
51 Sri Lanka 1.5 2014 up 50.0% flat
51 Morocco 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Madagascar 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
51 Mexico 1.5 2014 unchanged rising
76 Mozambique 1 2014 unchanged rising
76 Argentina 1 2014 down 33.3% rising
76 South Africa 1 2014 unchanged flat
76 Viet Nam 1 2014 unchanged volatile
76 Nigeria 1 2014 unchanged rising
76 Bangladesh 1 2014 up 100.0% rising
76 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1 2014 down 50.0% rising
76 Indonesia 1 2014 unchanged flat
76 Ecuador 1 2014 down 33.3% rising
76 Ghana 1 2014 down 33.3% rising
86 Belarus 0.5 2014 down 66.7% falling
86 Ukraine 0.5 2014 down 66.7% flat
86 Uzbekistan 0.5 2014 unchanged falling
86 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.5 2014 down 50.0% falling
86 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5 2014 unchanged falling

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Indicator
Trade, S2 - Restrictions on payments for good imports
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
90 places, 3,480 data points, 1973–2014
Last refreshed

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.