The Global Opportunity Index assesses countries' attractiveness to international investors using a combination of economic, financial, institutional, and regulatory factors. These factors are divided into the following five categories:
Business Perception measures the constraints facing businesses and the ease for businesses to resolve disputes.
Economic Fundamentals captures a country's macroeconomic outlook, workforce talent, and potential for future innovation and development.
Financial Services measures the depth and breadth of a country's access to financial services.
Institutional Framework captures the extent to which a country's institutions help or hinder business activity.
International Standards & Policy measures how integrated a country is within the international community and the likelihood they will conform to international standards.
The interactive map below gives users the ability to compare how a country performs at the category level with their peers—determined by geographic region and income level.
Our map also includes historical Global Opportunity Index data, giving users the ability to track a country/region’s performance over the last six years (2017-2022). While the variables have changed over time to keep up with the expectations of the investment community, the underlying purpose of the ranking has remained the same.
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