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The top 10 economies combined made up two-thirds of GDP, while the 42 represented on the chart made up just over 90% of the world’s GDP, and the rest of the world accounted for the remaining 9.8%. Africa is the smallest region represented, with three economies - Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt - together making up $1.1 trillion of global GDP.
Of the top 30 TTDI scorers in 2023, 26 are high-income countries. Nineteen of them are based in Europe, and seven in Asia Pacific. These countries benefit from favourable business environments and labour markets, open travel policies, advanced technology adoption, excellent transport and tourism infrastructure, and rich natural, cultural and ...
Germany’s 2022 score is its highest ever and it returns to the top 10 this year, having ranked between 10 and 14 since 2008. It ranks highest in Political Empowerment, which is also the subindex where it has the highest level of improvement. Its score of 0.55 is higher than 94% of countries in the Index.
Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Namibia, Rwanda, Lithuania, Ireland and Switzerland follow behind in the top 10. Overall, progress has stagnated, with widening gender gaps in political empowerment globally. At the current rate, it will take more than 136 years for women to be on an equal footing to men around the world.
The Global Remote Work Index 2023 ranks 108 countries on their quality as remote working destinations. Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany are the top three countries for remote working. In the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023, some employers believe policies to encourage remote working could increase talent availability.
The top 10 countries collectively only represent 2% of the global population and contribute just 1% of energy-related CO2 emissions, but major emerging economies like China and Brazil have also made significant progress, according to the report.
European countries continue to populate the report’s top 10, with eighth-placed South Korea the only non-European nation to feature. It’s a different story in the middle of the index, however, with a number of countries putting sustainable policy into action and seeing their index scores improve substantially.
The outputs of these leading innovation nations are a driving force behind some of the world’s most advanced technologies. The World Economic Forum’s report, Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023, highlights the breakthroughs that are ushering in widespread transformation across industries and societies.
Here are the top 10 rankings for the most powerful passports in 2024, and the number of other countries these passport holders can visit, without having to obtain a visa in advance. 1. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain (194 destinations)
The top countries with the largest new business formation growth in 2020 were the UK (+101%), US (+86%), Australia (+73%), Germany (+62%) and Canada (+58%). The global health crisis has disrupted businesses around the world in vastly different ways, but particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), which make up more than 90% of the ...