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BDO IBC Overall ranking

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

Source: HWWI, BDO IBC 2018; database 2015; 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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