Globalization Index

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This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their globalization, the global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres.

The first list below includes data for the year 2007 for 122 countries as provided by the KOF Globalization Index. The ranking is based on data for the year 2004 but published in 2007.

The second list shows the ranking for the year 2006 for 62 countries, for which information is available from the A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine globalization index.

2007 List by KOF Index of Globalization	2006 List by the A.T. Kearney
Rank Country Globalization Index 1  Belgium 91.96 2  Austria 91.60 3  Sweden 89.89 4  United Kingdom 89.29 5  Netherlands 89.15 6  France 87.71 7  Canada 87.49 8  Switzerland 85.53 9  Finland 84.84 10  Czech Republic 84.46 11  Denmark 84.27 12  Ireland 83.09 13  Portugal 83.06 14  Spain 82.52 15  Germany 82.48 16  Singapore 82.14 17  Hungary 81.15 18  Australia 80.91 19  United States 80.83 20  Italy 80.61 21  Poland 78.22 22  Norway 77.75 23  Malaysia 75.81 24  Greece 74.94 25  Luxembourg 74.18 26  New Zealand 73.46 27  Slovakia 72.58 28  Estonia 72.11 29  Israel 70.83 30  United Arab Emirates 70.39 31  Russia 69.91 32  Chile 69.91 33  Croatia 69.30 34  Slovenia 68.82 35  Iceland 67.75 36  Bulgaria 65.51 37  China 65.26 38  South Korea 64.82 39  Jordan 64.74 40  Japan 64.22 41  Argentina 64.12 42  Malta 63.78 43  Kuwait 63.51 44  Turkey 63.45 45  Romania 63.34 46  Lithuania 63.30 47  Jamaica 62.87 48  Cyprus 62.48 49  South Africa 62.45 50  Ukraine 61.83 51  Uruguay 61.79 52  Latvia 61.62 53  Bahrain 60.93 54  Brazil 59.60 55  Philippines 59.00 56  El Salvador 58.03 57  Panama 57.58 58  Peru 57.12 59  Thailand 56.87 60  Ghana 56.01 61  Mexico 55.49 62  Costa Rica 55.00 63  Ecuador 54.50 64  Egypt 54.18 65  Honduras 53.99 66  Namibia 53.79 67  Venezuela 53.75 68  Saudi Arabia 53.69 69  Nigeria 52.97 70  Morocco 52.93 71  Pakistan 52.35 72  Colombia 52.30 73  Tunisia 51.81 74  Zambia 51.76 75  Dominican Republic 51.76 76  Oman 51.67 77  Nicaragua 51.63 78  Indonesia 51.31 79  Trinidad and Tobago 50.79 80  Paraguay 50.33 81  Guatemala 49.98 82  India 49.70 83  Sri Lanka 49.67 84  Gabon 49.20 85  Kenya 49.12 86  Bolivia 49.11 87  Mauritius 48.75 88  Senegal 48.55 89  Fiji 48.53 90  Bahamas 47.88 91  Guyana 47.38 92  Belize 47.29 93  Botswana 46.80 94  Algeria 45.50 95  Côte d'Ivoire 45.44 96  Uganda 44.49 97  Malawi 43.73 98  Barbados 43.45 99  Tanzania 43.22 100  Mali 42.40 101  Togo 42.23 102  Albania 42.01 103  Benin 41.73 104  Papua New Guinea 41.55 105  Cameroon 41.32 106  Guinea-Bissau 40.68 107  Zimbabwe 40.06 108  Chad 39.56 109  Syria 39.09 110  Congo 38.78 111  Madagascar 37.45 112  Bangladesh 36.01 113  Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.49 114  Nepal 35.27 115  Iran 35.19 116  Niger 34.28 117  Sierra Leone 33.27 118  Rwanda 29.25 119  Haiti 28.61 120  Burma 27.29 121  Central African Republic 26.79 122  Burundi 25.75	Country 2006 2005 2004 2003  Singapore 1 1 2 4  Switzerland 2 3 3 2  United States 3 4 7 11  Ireland 4 2 1 1  Denmark 5 7 10 6  Canada 6 6 6 7  Netherlands 7 5 4 5  Australia 8 13 13 21  Austria 9 9 9 8  Sweden 10 8 11 3  New Zealand 11 11 8 16  United Kingdom 12 13 12 9  Finland 13 10 5 10  Norway 14 14 17 13  Israel 15 17 22 19  Czech Republic 16 15 14 15  Slovenia 17 20 19 25  Germany 18 21 18 17  Malaysia 19 19 20 18  Hungary 20 23 26 23  Panama 21 24 27 30  Croatia 22 16 23 22  France 23 18 15 12  Portugal 24 22 16 14  Spain 25 26 24 20  Slovakia 26 25 21 27  Italy 27 27 25 24  Japan 28 28 29 35  South Korea 29 30 32 28  Romania 30 35 39 40  Philippines 31 32 33 54  Greece 32 29 28 26  Poland 33 31 31 32  Chile 34 34 37 31  Republic of China (Taiwan) 35 36 36 34  Uganda 36 33 38 36  Tunisia 37 37 35 39  Botswana 38 38 30 33  Ukraine 39 39 43 43  Morocco 40 40 47 29  Senegal 41 41 40 42  Mexico 42 42 45 51  Argentina 43 47 34 50  Saudi Arabia 44 45 41 41  Thailand 45 46 48 49  Sri Lanka 46 43 51 45  Russia 47 52 44 46  Nigeria 48 44 42 37  South Africa 49 48 49 38  Peru 50 53 52 60  China 51 54 57 53  Brazil 52 57 53 58  Kenya 53 49 54 44  Colombia 54 51 50 56  Egypt 55 59 60 48  Pakistan 56 50 46 52  Turkey 57 56 55 47  Bangladesh 58 58 56 55  Venezuela 59 55 58 61  Indonesia 60 60 59 59  India 61 61 61 57  Iran 62 62 62 62
Source: KOF Globalization Index - 2007. Ranking for the year 2007 based on data from the year 2004.	Source: A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine - October 16, 2006. Data for the year 2006.

[edit] External links

• KOF Index of Globalization
• GlobalIndex A Multidimensional Globalization Measurement of the University of Bamberg and the TransEurope research network
• atkearney.com Globalization Index
• The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation

[edit] See also

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