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BDO IBC Overall ranking

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

Source: HWWI, BDO IBC 2018; database 2013; 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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