Foreign ownership rules by country: OECD restrictiveness scores
This table lists the OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index for 105 economies: an overall score and four component scores, where zero is open and one is closed. The component for foreign equity limits is the closest published measure of statutory limits on foreign ownership. It is a score, not a statement of any specific rule.
| Rank | Country | Overall score | Equity limits | Screening and approval | Key personnel | Other restrictions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 0.737 | 0.591 | 0.100 | 0.050 | 0.077 | 2025 |
| 2 | Lesotho | 0.406 | 0.165 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.141 | 2025 |
| 3 | Laos | 0.403 | 0.358 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.036 | 2025 |
| 4 | Seychelles | 0.397 | 0.274 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.054 | 2025 |
| 5 | Algeria | 0.352 | 0.236 | 0.027 | 0.003 | 0.086 | 2025 |
| 6 | Malawi | 0.351 | 0.161 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.090 | 2025 |
| 7 | Philippines | 0.346 | 0.245 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.101 | 2025 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 0.322 | 0.220 | 0.034 | 0.006 | 0.062 | 2025 |
| 9 | Mozambique | 0.289 | 0.146 | 0.012 | 0.001 | 0.131 | 2025 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0.282 | 0.135 | 0.000 | 0.029 | 0.118 | 2025 |
| 11 | Jordan | 0.280 | 0.267 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 2025 |
| 12 | South Sudan | 0.266 | 0.205 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.054 | 2025 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 0.252 | 0.177 | 0.059 | 0.004 | 0.012 | 2025 |
| 14 | Tanzania | 0.249 | 0.168 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.080 | 2025 |
| 15 | Egypt | 0.248 | 0.232 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 2025 |
| 16 | Australia | 0.244 | 0.037 | 0.100 | 0.001 | 0.107 | 2025 |
| 17 | Thailand | 0.240 | 0.178 | 0.017 | 0.006 | 0.039 | 2025 |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.230 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.079 | 2025 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0.229 | 0.162 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.065 | 2025 |
| 20 | China | 0.227 | 0.111 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.111 | 2025 |
| 21 | Kenya | 0.223 | 0.162 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.066 | 2025 |
| 22 | Vietnam | 0.220 | 0.171 | 0.012 | 0.027 | 0.011 | 2025 |
| 23 | India | 0.215 | 0.182 | 0.015 | 0.007 | 0.011 | 2025 |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.214 | 0.070 | 0.010 | 0.050 | 0.083 | 2025 |
| 25 | Palestine | 0.208 | 0.194 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 2025 |
| 26 | Burundi | 0.200 | 0.124 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.076 | 2025 |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 0.200 | 0.114 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.085 | 2025 |
| 28 | Brunei | 0.185 | 0.148 | 0.001 | 0.028 | 0.008 | 2025 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0.175 | 0.149 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.022 | 2025 |
| 30 | Zambia | 0.174 | 0.093 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.080 | 2025 |
| 31 | Botswana | 0.158 | 0.055 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.097 | 2025 |
| 32 | eSwatini | 0.158 | 0.089 | 0.052 | 0.006 | 0.011 | 2025 |
| 33 | Iceland | 0.154 | 0.094 | 0.060 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 34 | Canada | 0.153 | 0.063 | 0.089 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 35 | Mexico | 0.147 | 0.042 | 0.098 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 2025 |
| 36 | New Zealand | 0.144 | 0.033 | 0.097 | 0.000 | 0.014 | 2025 |
| 37 | Myanmar | 0.143 | 0.116 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.027 | 2025 |
| 38 | Lebanon | 0.142 | 0.070 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.057 | 2025 |
| 39 | Namibia | 0.139 | 0.035 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.103 | 2025 |
| 40 | Mongolia | 0.136 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.088 | 2025 |
| 41 | Tunisia | 0.119 | 0.059 | 0.031 | 0.023 | 0.005 | 2025 |
| 42 | Turkey | 0.112 | 0.102 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.008 | 2025 |
| 43 | Switzerland | 0.112 | 0.094 | 0.014 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 2025 |
| 44 | Israel | 0.109 | 0.034 | 0.015 | 0.005 | 0.055 | 2025 |
| 45 | South Korea | 0.105 | 0.097 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 2025 |
| 46 | Uganda | 0.103 | 0.042 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.061 | 2025 |
| 47 | Mauritius | 0.100 | 0.030 | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.056 | 2025 |
| 48 | Cambodia | 0.099 | 0.069 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.029 | 2025 |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 0.093 | 0.021 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.072 | 2025 |
| 50 | Argentina | 0.091 | 0.040 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.051 | 2025 |
| 51 | Belarus | 0.088 | 0.060 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.025 | 2025 |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 0.079 | 0.051 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.025 | 2025 |
| 53 | Angola | 0.078 | 0.054 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.024 | 2025 |
| 54 | Italy | 0.071 | 0.010 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.060 | 2025 |
| 55 | Singapore | 0.065 | 0.045 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 0.014 | 2025 |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.064 | 0.057 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 2025 |
| 57 | Brazil | 0.060 | 0.008 | 0.047 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 2025 |
| 58 | Poland | 0.059 | 0.058 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 59 | Serbia | 0.057 | 0.010 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.047 | 2025 |
| 60 | Austria | 0.056 | 0.014 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.033 | 2025 |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 0.055 | 0.041 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.011 | 2025 |
| 62 | United States of America | 0.051 | 0.024 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.018 | 2025 |
| 63 | Russia | 0.050 | 0.030 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.017 | 2025 |
| 64 | Japan | 0.048 | 0.021 | 0.023 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 0.043 | 0.005 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.038 | 2025 |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.042 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.038 | 2025 |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.042 | 0.038 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 2025 |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.039 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.025 | 2025 |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 0.039 | 0.036 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 2025 |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.039 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.031 | 2025 |
| 71 | Slovenia | 0.038 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.033 | 2025 |
| 72 | Morocco | 0.034 | 0.032 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 73 | South Africa | 0.034 | 0.020 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.014 | 2025 |
| 74 | Uruguay | 0.033 | 0.030 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 75 | Colombia | 0.031 | 0.029 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 76 | Albania | 0.029 | 0.014 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.014 | 2025 |
| 77 | Chile | 0.026 | 0.021 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 78 | Rwanda | 0.026 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.013 | 2025 |
| 79 | Hungary | 0.024 | 0.015 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 80 | Georgia | 0.023 | 0.011 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.013 | 2025 |
| 81 | France | 0.022 | 0.016 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 2025 |
| 82 | Romania | 0.021 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.015 | 2025 |
| 83 | Greece | 0.020 | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 2025 |
| 84 | Moldova | 0.017 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.011 | 2025 |
| 85 | Armenia | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 86 | Montenegro | 0.016 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 2025 |
| 87 | Slovakia | 0.016 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 2025 |
| 88 | Lithuania | 0.016 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.010 | 2025 |
| 89 | Peru | 0.014 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 2025 |
| 91 | Denmark | 0.014 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 2025 |
| 92 | Norway | 0.013 | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 94 | Spain | 0.010 | 0.009 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 95 | Belgium | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 96 | Netherlands | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 97 | Germany | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 98 | Latvia | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 2025 |
| 99 | Sweden | 0.008 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 100 | Ireland | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 101 | Portugal | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 2025 |
| 103 | Finland | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 104 | Paraguay | 0.006 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 2025 |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2025 |
Methodology
The OECD describes the index this way: the index "measures statutory restrictions on foreign direct investment in 22 economic sectors across 100+ countries". It captures four main types of restriction: foreign equity limits, screening and approval mechanisms, restrictions on key foreign personnel, and other restrictions faced by foreign investors, such as restrictions on the acquisition of land and real estate for business purposes.
The OECD adds that "The information in the database is based on official legal sources".
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Invest Global copies the scores from the OECD without change and shows them to three decimal places. A country appears only when all five scores exist, so no cell is blank. The table is sorted by the overall score, highest first. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
A score summarises statutory restrictions in force at the time of the OECD update. It does not describe how a rule is applied, and it is not legal advice. Read the current law and take local advice before relying on any rule.
Source: OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions for Data (reuse for any purpose, including commercial use, with credit to the OECD). Unit: Index from 0 (open) to 1 (closed). See the data status page for how fresh each source is.
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Invest Global (2026). Foreign ownership rules by country: OECD restrictiveness scores. https://investglobal.io/data/foreign-ownership-rules/. Underlying data: OECD (2025), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, OECD Data Explorer, https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/sustainable-investment/fdi-regulatory-restrictiveness-index.html (OECD Terms and Conditions for Data (reuse for any purpose, including commercial use, with credit to the OECD)). Retrieved 8 October 2026.
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@misc{investglobal_foreign_ownership_rules,
author = {{Invest Global}},
title = {Foreign ownership rules by country: OECD restrictiveness scores},
year = {2026},
url = {https://investglobal.io/data/foreign-ownership-rules/},
note = {Underlying data: OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. Retrieved 8 October 2026}
}