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

Source: HWWI, BDO IBC 2018; database 2011; 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.

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND