Indicators and Indexes
- Global Opportunity Index"The index provides a systematic, data-rich framework to shed light on nations' attractiveness to foreign investors, considering economic variables but also examining key business, legal, and regulatory policies that can drive those decisions."
- FDI Confidence Index (AT Kearney)Established in 1998, it examines the overarching trends in FDI. The top 25 ranking is a forward-looking analysis of how political, economic, and regulatory changes will likely affect countries' FDI inflows in the coming years.
Political Risk Data and Indicators
- World Development Indicators This link opens in a new windowprovides over 500 indicators of economic development in terms of people, the environment, the economy and the world markets. Data spans 40 years and covers 208 countries.
- World Competitiveness Online This link opens in a new windowcomprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes 16-year time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989.
- EIU Viewpoint This link opens in a new windowincludes factors under economic risk, security, political instability, institutional effectiveness, legal risk, etc. Use the data tool within the database.
- Freedom House Country Ratingspublishes Freedom in the World and Freedom in the Press, it is "a comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties" published annually since 1972.
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Reportspresents country analysis and data as well as an environmental scan by region.
- Global Corruption ReportsTransparency International looks at corruption risks and policy development, with analysis by country. They examine trends and timely topic: climate change, private sector, health, etc.
- Global Risks Reportfrom the World Economic Forum, it reports indicators and rankings for economic, geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological risks.
- Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)provides indicators and ranking on criteria in Control of Corruption, Government Effectiveness, Political Stability, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and Voice and Accountability. Some are transformed versions of PRS data.
