The historical data compares the current quarter to the equivalent quarter for the previous three years.
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Results Index |
Quarterly Result |
EBRI Article: Q3 2019 |
Methodology |
The annual changes in the index values clearly demonstrate the general trends.
Region | Q3 2019 | Q3 2018 | Q3 2017 | Q3 2016 | Q4 20183 | |
Ethiopia | Africa | 291.49 | 198.80 | 206.65 | 194.01 | 100 |
Maldives | Asia | 243.58 | 155.50 | 147.45 | 142.72 | 100 |
Laos | Asia | 216.69 | 200.78 | 192.43 | 176.90 | 100 |
Bangladesh | Asia | 204.81 | 175.37 | 160.25 | 146.42 | 100 |
Nepal | Asia | 200.88 | 135.37 | 124.88 | 109.71 | 100 |
Bhutan | Asia | 199.11 | 135.06 | 124.03 | 100.57 | 100 |
Cambodia | Asia | 187.89 | 158.69 | 144.97 | 131.15 | 100 |
India | Asia | 166.35 | 151.22 | 138.86 | 128.00 | 100 |
Moldova | CEE | 159.85 | 109.90 | 96.07 | 78.58 | 100 |
Vietnam | Asia | 155.16 | 139.88 | 128.29 | 119.30 | 100 |
Myanmar | Asia | 137.73 | 156.93 | 138.65 | 126.22 | 100 |
Romania | CEE | 136.89 | 126.81 | 111.70 | 102.50 | 100 |
Pakistan | Asia | 135.09 | 128.89 | 128.78 | 126.35 | 100 |
Philippines | Asia | 135.09 | 136.31 | 120.01 | 112.20 | 100 |
Turkmenistan | Asia | 133.70 | 123.41 | 113.99 | 98.63 | 100 |
Panama | Americas | 133.16 | 134.91 | 127.22 | 120.43 | 100 |
Israel | Middle East | 129.26 | 122.50 | 117.85 | 107.12 | 100 |
Albania | CEE | 127.02 | 116.92 | 104.08 | 94.03 | 100 |
Hungary | CEE | 126.43 | 109.54 | 100.24 | 93.91 | 100 |
Estonia | CEE | 125.50 | 115.47 | 102.49 | 93.01 | 100 |
Egypt | Africa | 125.21 | 127.05 | 125.07 | 123.37 | 100 |
Singapore | Asia | 124.81 | 104.69 | 100.93 | 98.05 | 100 |
Latvia | CEE | 124.10 | 112.86 | 100.65 | 92.46 | 100 |
Thailand | Asia | 123.84 | 109.24 | 101.73 | 94.45 | 100 |
Lithuania | CEE | 123.36 | 111.69 | 100.47 | 92.01 | 100 |
Bulgaria | CEE | 122.52 | 109.19 | 99.13 | 92.66 | 100 |
Iran | Middle East | 122.24 | 100.39 | 108.39 | 101.88 | 100 |
Armenia | Asia | 121.16 | 103.18 | 97.09 | 92.72 | 100 |
Indonesia | Asia | 120.84 | 123.29 | 113.14 | 103.32 | 100 |
Czech Republic | CEE | 120.78 | 115.58 | 101.84 | 94.43 | 100 |
Lebanon | Middle East | 120.54 | 112.89 | 108.97 | 103.21 | 100 |
Korea South | Asia | 119.97 | 122.78 | 117.03 | 108.41 | 100 |
Serbia | CEE | 119.55 | 96.72 | 89.21 | 84.08 | 100 |
Slovenia | CEE | 119.30 | 115.85 | 106.66 | 97.55 | 100 |
Montenegro | CEE | 118.18 | 113.55 | 101.68 | 96.93 | 100 |
Kyrgyz Republic | CEE | 116.90 | 102.24 | 96.30 | 87.47 | 100 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | CEE | 116.59 | 104.38 | 97.72 | 92.65 | 100 |
Morocco | Africa | 115.44 | 112.85 | 105.17 | 99.71 | 100 |
Bahrain | Middle East | 114.10 | 101.08 | 96.79 | 91.26 | 100 |
Madagascar | Africa | 113.66 | 99.62 | 94.42 | 89.91 | 100 |
Slovak Republic | CEE | 112.69 | 106.15 | 97.24 | 91.80 | 100 |
New Zealand | Australasia | 111.51 | 112.89 | 106.81 | 97.97 | 100 |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East | 110.37 | 99.12 | 93.37 | 86.70 | 100 |
Georgia | CEE | 110.26 | 108.24 | 98.01 | 91.88 | 100 |
Poland | CEE | 109.58 | 108.80 | 96.89 | 88.58 | 100 |
Tajikistan | CEE | 107.38 | 91.52 | 90.85 | 91.87 | 100 |
Jordan | Middle East | 107.23 | 127.95 | 122.30 | 118.28 | 100 |
Macedonia (FYR) | CEE | 106.32 | 107.76 | 98.51 | 93.32 | 100 |
Sri Lanka | Asia | 105.89 | 115.05 | 111.33 | 108.54 | 100 |
Uzbekistan | Asia | 103.72 | 140.09 | 134.52 | 116.09 | 100 |
Croatia | CEE | 102.88 | 101.55 | 93.01 | 86.70 | 100 |
Afghanistan | Asia | 100.47 | 113.07 | 105.83 | 97.78 | 100 |
Malaysia | Asia | 99.98 | 100.41 | 91.05 | 86.81 | 100 |
Mongolia | Asia | 96.81 | 86.12 | 80.64 | 83.80 | 100 |
Qatar | Middle East | 91.99 | 85.88 | 79.84 | 75.21 | 100 |
Oman | Middle East | 89.73 | 89.64 | 86.25 | 80.03 | 100 |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East | 89.39 | 86.25 | 81.92 | 78.66 | 100 |
South Africa | Africa | 87.82 | 95.36 | 90.05 | 77.86 | 100 |
Iraq | Middle East | 82.85 | 74.51 | 71.38 | 63.76 | 100 |
Kuwait | Middle East | 75.10 | 69.58 | 65.30 | 61.18 | 100 |
Brunei | Asia | 73.56 | 66.20 | 66.05 | 62.93 | 100 |
Ukraine | CEE | 69.72 | 57.56 | 53.96 | 47.01 | 100 |
Belarus | CEE | 66.84 | 70.30 | 66.76 | 59.65 | 100 |
Russia | CEE | 64.44 | 61.95 | 59.27 | 50.69 | 100 |
Kazakhstan | Asia | 63.72 | 69.00 | 63.02 | 53.75 | 100 |
Turkey | CEE | 61.08 | 88.35 | 82.15 | 85.18 | 100 |
Azerbaijan | Asia | 58.43 | 53.09 | 48.06 | 46.26 | 100 |
Yemen | Middle East | 55.31 | 48.69 | 51.02 | 54.68 | 100 |
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 |