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

Source: HWWI, BDO IBC 2018; database 2012; 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