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1 Singapore 81,40
2 Hong Kong 81,37
3 Switzerland* 76,93
4 Denmark* 75,60
5 Australia* 75,25
6 Norway* 74,30
7 Sweden* 73,90
8 Canada* 73,46
9 New Zealand* 73,34
10 Netherlands* 73,04
11 USA* 72,91
12 Ireland* 72,75
13 Belgium* 72,64
14 Great Britain* 71,92
15 Iceland* 71,70
16 Qatar 71,53
17 Austria* 71,51
18 Finland* 70,84
19 Germany* 69,06
20 United Arab Emirates 66,57
21 France* 65,90
22 Cyprus 64,70
23 Chile* 64,39
24 Bahrain 63,87
25 Israel* 63,71
26 Malta 63,67
27 Japan* 63,62
28 Czech Republic* 63,43
29 South Korea* 63,13
30 Spain* 62,76
31 Slovenia* 62,21
32 Estonia* 62,07
33 Taiwan 62,00
34 Kuwait 61,31
35 Brunei Darussalam 61,04
36 Italy* 60,66
37 Slovakia* 60,28
38 Portugal* 59,82
39 Hungary* 59,31
40 Mauritius 59,07
40 Poland* 59,07
42 Uruguay 59,00
43 Latvia 58,62
44 Lithuania 58,43
45 Bahamas 58,21
46 Oman 57,72
47 Barbados 57,44
48 Saudi Arabia 56,95
49 Saint Lucia 56,79
50 Costa Rica 56,23
51 Greece* 56,00
52 Malaysia 55,92
53 Bulgaria 55,90
54 Romania 55,47
55 Jordan 55,38
56 Croatia 55,05
57 Samoa 54,64
58 Georgia 54,62
58 Montenegro 54,62
60 Mexico* 53,87
61 Panama 53,72
62 Trinidad and Tobago 53,04
63 Peru 52,68
64 Botswana 52,31
65 Armenia 52,23
66 El Salvador 51,93
67 Macedonia 51,65
68 Jamaica 51,54
69 Belize 51,43
70 Kazakhstan 51,41
71 Turkey* 50,85
72 Thailand 50,74
73 Albania 50,58
74 Brazil 50,46
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50,30
76 Colombia 50,08
77 Tunisia 49,69
78 Namibia 49,54
79 Azerbaijan 49,35
80 Serbia 49,29
81 Mongolia 49,16
82 Vanuatu 49,07
83 Argentina 48,96
84 South Africa 48,15
85 Kosovo 48,04
86 Dominican Republic 47,90
87 Lebanon 47,80
88 Cape Verde 47,72
89 Ghana 47,35
90 Belarus 47,09
91 Honduras 46,86
92 Guatemala 46,78
93 China 46,76
94 Paraguay 46,68
95 Maldives 46,52
96 Suriname 46,20
97 Vietnam 45,75
98 Moldova 45,65
99 Egypt 45,64
100 Fiji 45,61
101 Kyrgyz Republic 45,39
102 Nicaragua 45,33
103 Bhutan 45,31
104 Gabon 45,21
105 Morocco 45,13
106 Philippines 45,00
107 Madagascar 44,87
108 Rwanda 44,81
109 Guyana 44,53
110 Sri Lanka 44,46
111 Indonesia 44,45
112 Russia 44,44
113 Uganda 44,36
114 Algeria 44,02
115 Ukraine 43,82
116 Ecuador 43,70
117 Tanzania 43,51
118 Burkina Faso 43,25
119 Swaziland 43,18
120 Bolivia 42,91
121 Solomon Islands 42,79
122 Benin 42,68
123 Senegal 42,34
124 Papua New Guinea 42,32
125 Zambia 42,27
126 Malawi 41,81
127 Cambodia 41,61
128 Tajikistan 41,31
129 Lao 41,17
130 Mali 40,95
131 Bangladesh 40,61
131 India 40,61
133 Lesotho 40,56
134 Libya 40,32
135 Iraq 39,98
136 Usbekistan 39,60
137 Cameroon 39,48
138 Niger 39,38
139 Kenya 39,36
140 Gambia 39,29
141 Yemen 39,07
142 Sao Tome and Principe 39,01
143 Nigeria 38,45
144 Timor-Leste 37,92
145 Togo 37,57
146 Congo 37,18
147 Liberia 37,14
148 Pakistan 37,07
149 Nepal 37,01
150 Iran 36,80
151 Mozambique 36,40
152 Ethiopia 36,30
153 Haiti 36,12
154 Ivory Coast 35,56
155 Equatorial Guinea 34,64
156 Mauritania 34,51
157 Angola 33,84
158 Burundi 33,68
159 Venezuela 33,64
160 Guinea-Bissau 33,18
161 Guinea 33,07
162 Comoros 32,88
163 Djibouti 32,64
164 Turkmenistan 32,39
165 Sudan 32,15
166 Chad 32,03
167 Sierra Leone 31,65
168 Central African Republic 31,03
169 Myanmar 30,09
170 Eritrea 28,72
171 Zimbabwe 28,66
172 Nordkorea 27,94
173 Afghanistan 26,87
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,20

Source: HWWI, BDO IBC 2018; database 2010; 1) Source: UNCTAD 2) Source: IWF

BDO international Business Compass

The BDO International Business Compass measure the attractiveness of a country as a multi-dimensional concept in three dimensions: the economic, politico-legal and socio-cultural conditions. The appeal of a country is associated with its level of development. It is understood as a combination of economic, politico-legal and social factors. On the one hand, the attractiveness of a particular country with regard to potential investment decisions is at the forefront, which clearly expresses an economical perspective. On the other hand, economic factors alone can only reflect the situation of a country in a limited fashion, because political, legal, social and cultural aspects also play a part and ultimately have an influence on how appealing a country is as an investment location. The three dimensions correlate with each other and are therefore statistically not entirely independent. However, this is neither required for their aggregation within the index, nor is it realistically achievable. From a statistical point of view, the attractiveness of a country is a level variable as a result of the interaction of a number of factors. The selected indicators may have both a positive and a negative effect on the overall structure, i.e. increase or decrease the attractiveness. The selection of indicators is based on whether they have a logically explicable and, if possible, already proven influence on the attractiveness construct. The second step aggregates specific factors in two sub-indices. The aim is to bundle information through indicators that have an influence on the appeal of a particular country as a potential market or production site.

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