Euromoney Belt and Road Index: Historical data Q1 2015 - Q1 2018

Chen-Ta Sung Monday, April 16, 2018

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.

Quarterly Result

Graphs and Trends

Methodology

Result Index

						Legend
	Region	Q1 2018	Q1 2017	Q1 2016	Q1 2015	Q4 2013
Ethiopia	Africa	224.9255	212.5127	152.1802	135.7290	100
Laos	Asia	209.5041	192.4288	175.3467	140.6980	100
Bangladesh	Asia	175.3714	160.4814	149.0511	133.3183	100
Cambodia	Asia	158.4519	145.7434	130.8417	118.9553	100
Maldives	Asia	156.0698	150.4939	129.0499	122.2594	100
Myanmar	Asia	155.5196	135.9449	121.9596	107.7445	100
India	Asia	151.2114	137.0814	128.1241	117.6895	100
Vietnam	Asia	139.6079	128.1257	119.3215	112.7455	100
Uzbekistan	Asia	138.5625	122.0168	115.0247	115.7745	100
Bhutan	Asia	136.8166	124.0328	98.5069	89.4003	100
Panama	Americas	135.7430	127.0492	122.0534	115.7717	100
Nepal	Africa	135.3659	124.8832	109.7146	111.1105	100
Philippines	Asia	134.2953	118.8149	112.2316	108.2612	100
Pakistan	Asia	129.0835	127.2247	124.4087	117.4354	100
Jordan	Middle East	127.9470	122.9263	118.3822	115.2121	100
Romania	Asia	126.9159	111.0576	102.0406	94.8653	100
Egypt	Middle East	126.1414	123.6010	125.9629	126.9567	100
Turkmenistan	Asia	123.8886	112.9476	98.6672	104.4111	100
Indonesia	Asia	122.9286	113.0621	101.5785	93.9040	100
Korea South	CEE	122.7973	116.7056	109.0960	107.3206	100
Israel	Asia	122.4564	117.8752	107.5468	101.9668	100
Albania	Asia	116.7973	103.8560	93.1919	87.4976	100
Slovenia	Middle East	116.0121	105.6592	96.5517	91.3254	100
Sri Lanka	Middle East	115.6024	112.3833	105.7928	105.8666	100
Czech Republic	CEE	115.5195	101.4473	94.5719	89.8977	100
Estonia	Australasia	115.1725	102.4247	93.5737	90.2661	100
New Zealand	Asia	113.5280	107.8128	97.7460	93.5473	100
Afghanistan	Africa	113.0694	105.8269	95.9559	99.5488	100
Morocco	CEE	112.9042	106.4574	99.6617	95.1840	100
Lebanon	CEE	112.8399	108.5808	105.0396	104.3434	100
Latvia	CEE	112.6799	100.6373	92.4936	89.8749	100
Lithuania	CEE	110.8637	100.2311	92.0084	88.7524	100
Montenegro	Asia	110.7250	101.7550	98.4444	97.9966	100
Hungary	CEE	109.6247	100.2734	94.2345	91.4403	100
Poland	Asia	108.7643	96.4398	89.1644	91.1862	100
Bulgaria	CEE	108.7239	98.5534	92.1132	87.0693	100
Thailand	CEE	108.4233	102.3220	94.1520	93.8108	100
Georgia	CEE	108.2054	97.8507	91.3917	89.9295	100
Moldova	CEE	106.4343	94.3526	78.0993	80.9104	100
Macedonia (FYR)	CEE	106.3573	97.5223	95.1310	90.8792	100
Slovak Republic	CEE	106.2543	97.3282	91.8176	89.2067	100
Singapore	CEE	104.7747	100.8565	97.8492	97.8855	100
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Asia	103.9467	97.3695	93.9642	88.4805	100
Kyrgyz Republic	CEE	102.2450	94.9287	87.4738	91.4743	100
Armenia	CEE	101.9429	96.6037	93.7270	94.8511	100
Bahrain	Middle East	101.2536	96.7892	91.4256	91.5343	100
Iran	CEE	101.0149	109.5028	101.7148	92.8177	100
Malaysia	Africa	100.6101	90.8008	86.8912	90.1159	100
Croatia	CEE	100.5695	92.2727	87.1892	83.8425	100
Madagascar	Middle East	99.6193	94.4752	89.9064	89.8111	100
United Arab Emirates	CEE	99.2533	93.6373	87.2219	92.4688	100
Serbia	Asia	96.4891	88.7873	82.7901	80.5511	100
South Africa	Africa	95.5878	90.5218	78.0639	85.2015	100
Tajikistan	CEE	92.1679	96.0152	81.3779	92.3701	100
Oman	Middle East	89.0334	85.7179	80.0323	86.0669	100
Turkey	CEE	88.3704	82.0304	86.1827	87.8190	100
Qatar	Middle East	86.0953	80.1841	75.1952	81.6024	100
Mongolia	Asia	86.0508	78.6357	84.5301	90.4200	100
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	85.8160	81.9444	78.4967	84.5228	100
Iraq	Middle East	75.1024	71.3771	64.2293	69.5165	100
Belarus	CEE	70.2014	66.3744	59.2046	71.0700	100
Kuwait	Asia	69.5316	65.4834	61.1049	63.5364	100
Kazakhstan	Middle East	68.8126	62.6329	53.8509	75.1407	100
Brunei	Asia	66.2000	66.0455	62.9317	71.4736	100
Russia	CEE	61.9077	59.1091	50.3123	53.6288	100
Ukraine	CEE	57.6216	53.2346	45.3928	43.7814	100
Azerbaijan	Middle East	52.8243	48.7205	48.3506	69.0598	100
Yemen	Asia	49.6081	51.0242	57.2784	89.6445	100
*CEE refers to Central and Eastern Europe
*100 refers to the rebased factor in Q4 2013

Tier	Score Range	Definition
Tier 1	≥ 200	A country whose the investment climate has improved substantially since Q4 2013 in both the underlying factors (political, economic and structural) and the GDP growth that country has experienced
Tier 2	125 - 199.99	A country whose the investment climate has improved significantly since Q4 2013 in the underlying factors (political, economic and structural) and/or the GDP growth that country has experienced
Tier 3	100.01 – 124.99	A country whose the investment climate has improved moderately since Q4 2013 in the underlying factors (political, economic and structural) and/or the GDP growth that country has experienced
Baseline	100	Compared to Q4 2013, a country has the same degree of IC and GDP
Tier 4	70 – 99.99	A country whose the investment climate has declined since Q4 2013 in the underlying factors (political, economic and structural) and/or the GDP growth that country has experienced
Tier 5	< 70	A country whose the investment climate has dropped significantly since Q4 2013 in the underlying factors (political, economic and structural) and/or the GDP growth that country has experienced

Euromoney Belt and Road Index: Historical data Q1 2015 - Q1 2018

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