The Balkans country has enjoyed the biggest jump in risk score over five years thanks to better economic fortunes and capital access, but structural reforms are key to a higher credit rating.

Euromoney’s latest risk survey has downgraded Poland again – despite its strong economic growth – as the populist-conservative government completes its third of four years in office.

This section provides the latest EBRI results. These quarterly results include the index value, investment climate factors and GDP. The index is formed of five tiers.

The Euromoney Belt and Road Index (EBRI) combines International Monetary Fund (IMF) GDP figures with investment climate (IC) scores sourced from economists and political experts who ranked countries on the Euromoney Country Risk platform. The index therefore combines qualitative, crowd-sourced opinion with quantitative data. Using these sources EBRI aims to provide a clear and credible index representing the politico-economic environment and investment climate.

The Euromoney Belt and Road Index (EBRI) provides aggregated data for BRI countries and regions across time. The aggregated values reflect the positive and negative trends in investment climate and GDP since Q4 2013.

The historical data compares the current quarter to the equivalent quarter for the previous three years. The annual changes in the index values clearly demonstrate the general trends.

Investor safety has come under close scrutiny since June, resulting in a small but discernible decline in the global average risk score, halting a four-quarter improving trend.