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Rankings

Business environment rankings

Outpacing America 

Financial risks and increased protectionism will damage America's business environment over the next five yearsOct 29th 2007

Our rankings

Business

Global business barometer 

A ranking of business confidence among executives worldwide

Economics

Foreign direct investment inflows  

The countries with the highest and lowest foreign direct investment inflows

Education

Which MBA? 

A ranking of the top full-time MBA programmes

Politics

Democracy index 

The world's most and least democractic countries

Risk

Operational risk ratings  

Rating the risk of doing business in 150 markets

Technology

E-readiness ranking 

The best countries for conducting electronic business

Articles about rankings

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS

GDP per person 

Nov 29th 2007

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS

Benchmark interest rates 

Nov 29th 2007

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS

Poverty in Africa 

Nov 22nd 2007

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS

Entrepreneurship 

Nov 22nd 2007

INTERNATIONAL: University rankings

Measuring mortarboards 

A new sort of higher education guide for very discerning customersNov 15th 2007

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About Economist.com rankings

This section brings together rankings, ratings and indices published by The Economist and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Articles summarising key findings, which link to the full rankings and related resources, are published on the release of new data.

Media enquires about rankings should be directed to the Economist press office (for rankings published by The Economist) or to the EIU press office (for rankings published by the EIU). Reader comments on our rankings are welcome and should be submitted via the ‘Contact us’ link below.

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