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Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...

, the global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres.

The first list below includes data for the year 2010 for 181 countries as provided by the KOF Globalization Index, based on data for the year 2007. The second list is from the same source, showing data for the year 2004 (but published in 2007).

The third list shows the ranking for the year 2006 for 62 countries, for which information is available from the A.T. Kearney

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globalization index.

2010 List by KOF Index of Globalization

2007 List by KOF Index of Globalization

2006 List by the A.T. Kearney
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Rank	Country	Globalization Index
1	Belgium	92.95
2	Austria	92.51
3	Netherlands	91.90
4	Switzerland	90.55
5	Sweden	89.75
6	Denmark	89.68
7	Canada	88.24
8	Portugal	87.54
9	Finland	87.31
10	Hungary	87.00
11	Republic of Ireland	86.92
12	Czech Republic	86.87
13	Early Modern France	86.18
14	Luxembourg	85.84
15	Spain	85.71
16	Slovakia	85.07
17	Singapore	84.58
18	Germany	84.16
19	Australia	83.82
20	Norway	83.53
21	Cyprus	82.45
22	Italy	82.26
23	Poland	81.26
24	United Kingdom	80.18
25	New Zealand	79.56
26	Estonia	79.49
27	United States	78.80
28	Slovenia	78.78
29	Independent State of Croatia	76.85
30	Malta	76.42
31	Greece	75.83
32	Kingdom of Bulgaria	75.41
33	Lithuania	74.73
34	Chile	73.74
35	Malaysia	73.69
36	Jordan	71.74
37	Latvia	71.61
38	Israel	71.58
39	Kingdom of Romania	71.51
40	Iceland	70.66
41	Bahrain	69.37
42	Russia	68.91
43	Qatar	68.87
44	Mauritius	68.29
45	Japan	68.16
46	Ukraine	68.15
47	Kuwait	67.79
48	Panama	67.66
49	Costa Rica	66.51
50	El Salvador	66.26
51	Serbia	65.97
52	Lebanon	65.86
53	Uruguay	65.62
54	South Africa	65.60
55	Jamaica	64.92
56	Turkey	64.91
57	South Korea	64.73
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.68
59	Thailand	64.13
60	Moldova	63.98
61	Peru	63.37
62	Honduras	62.74
63	Mainland China	62.68
64	United Arab Emirates	62.43
65	Republic of Macedonia	62.18
66	Tunisia	62.13
67	Dominican Republic	61.44
68	Egypt	61.33
69	Georgia (country)	61.29
70	Argentina	61.18
71	Mexico	60.92
72	Morocco	60.85
73	Kazakhstan	60.84
74	Saudi Arabia	60.64
75	Brazil	60.38
76	Oman	60.28
77	Guatemala	59.94
78	Colombia	59.93
79	Guyana	59.74
80	Grenada	59.33
81	Fiji	59.26
82	Kyrgyzstan	58.97
83	Trinidad and Tobago	58.63
84	Philippines	58.58
85	Samoa	58.32
86	Indonesia	57.80
87	Barbados	57.09
88	Paraguay	57.00
89	Ecuador	56.91
90	Namibia	56.84
91	Nicaragua	56.66
92	Zambia	56.29
93	Nigeria	55.88
94	Albania	55.64
95	Azerbaijan	55.18
96	Armenia	54.99
97	Antigua and Barbuda	54.64
98	Ghana	54.38
99	Venezuela	53.82
100	Bolivia	53.46
101	Brunei	53.35
102	Gabon	53.27
103	Belize	52.70
104	Pakistan	52.69
105	Sri Lanka	52.53
106	Botswana	52.26
107		51.94
108	Mongolia	51.92
109	Belarus	51.88
110	Côte d'Ivoire	51.41
111	India	51.26
112	Cuba	51.23
113	Seychelles	50.35
114	Senegal	49.95
115	Mozambique	49.90
116	Cambodia	49.08
117	Suriname	48.98
118		48.43
119	Kenya	48.24
120	Algeria	48.20
121	Vanuatu	48.00
122	Syria	47.93
123	Togo	47.89
124	Vietnam	47.78
125	Saint Lucia	47.45
126	Swaziland	47.32
127	Zimbabwe	47.31
128	Libya	47.01
129	Djibouti	46.90
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	46.89
131	Papua New Guinea	46.08
132	Mali	45.96
133	Aruba	45.90
134	Yemen	45.80
135	Dominica	45.80
136	New Caledonia	45.46
137	French Polynesia	45.28
138	Uganda	44.91
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44.68
140	Malawi	43.91
141	Angola	43.40
142	Macau	43.05
143	Cameroon	42.82
144	Burkina Faso	42.62
145	Maldives	42.32
146	Mauritania	42.25
147	Benin	42.16
148	Lesotho	41.57
149	Chad	40.71
150	Guinea	40.48
151	Madagascar	40.34
152	Uzbekistan	40.27
153	Bangladesh	39.74
154	Cape Verde	39.60
155	Sierra Leone	39.38
156	Turkmenistan	38.67
157	Ethiopia	38.66
158	Republic of the Congo	38.61
159	Rwanda	37.79
160	Tanzania	37.39
161	Nepal	37.22
162	Iran	36.92
163	Guinea-Bissau	36.45
164	Haiti	35.90
165	Niger	34.82
166	Sudan	34.77
167	Tajikistan	34.50
168		34.39
169	Burundi	34.35
170	Central African Republic	33.26
171	Netherlands Antilles	33.04
172	São Tomé and Príncipe	32.52
173	Tonga	31.65
174	Comoros	30.67
175	Bhutan	29.31
176	Eritrea	28.93
177	Laos	28.12
178	Equatorial Guinea	26.85
179	Solomon Islands	26.35
180	Kiribati	25.45
181	Myanmar	20.69

Rank	Country	Globalization Index
1	Belgium	91.96
2	Austria	91.60
3	Sweden	89.89
4	United Kingdom	89.29
5	Netherlands	89.15
6	Early Modern France	87.71
7	Canada	87.49
8	Switzerland	85.53
9	Finland	84.84
10	Czech Republic	84.46
11	Denmark	84.27
12	Republic of Ireland	83.09
13	Portugal	83.06
14	Spain	82.52
15	Germany	82.48
16	Singapore	82.14
17	Hungary	81.15
18	Australia	80.91
19	United States	80.83
20	Italy	80.61
21	Poland	78.22
22	Norway	77.75
23	Malaysia	75.81
24	Greece	74.94
25	Luxembourg	74.18
26	New Zealand	73.46
27	Slovakia	72.58
28	Estonia	72.11
29	Israel	70.83
30	United Arab Emirates	70.39
31	Russia	69.91
32	Chile	69.91
33	Independent State of Croatia	69.30
34	Slovenia	68.82
35	Iceland	67.75
36	Kingdom of Bulgaria	65.51
37	People's Republic of China	65.26
38	South Korea	64.82
39	Jordan	64.74
40	Japan	64.22
41	Argentina	64.12
42	Malta	63.78
43	Kuwait	63.51
44	Turkey	63.45
45	Kingdom of Romania	63.34
46	Lithuania	63.30
47	Jamaica	62.87
48	Cyprus	62.48
49	South Africa	62.45
50	Ukraine	61.83
51	Uruguay	61.79
52	Latvia	61.62
53	Bahrain	60.93
54	Brazil	59.60
55	Philippines	59.00
56	El Salvador	58.03
57	Panama	57.58
58	Peru	57.12
59	Thailand	56.87
60	Ghana	56.01
61	Mexico	55.49
62	Costa Rica	55.00
63	Ecuador	54.50
64	Egypt	54.18
65	Honduras	53.99
66	Namibia	53.79
67	Venezuela	53.75
68	Saudi Arabia	53.69
69	Nigeria	52.97
70	Morocco	52.93
71	Pakistan	52.35
72	Colombia	52.30
73	Tunisia	51.81
74	Zambia	51.76
75	Dominican Republic	51.76
76	Oman	51.67
77	Nicaragua	51.63
78	Indonesia	51.31
79	Trinidad and Tobago	50.79
80	Paraguay	50.33
81	Guatemala	49.98
82	India	49.70
83	Sri Lanka	49.67
84	Gabon	49.20
85	Kenya	49.12
86	Bolivia	49.11
87	Mauritius	48.75
88	Senegal	48.55
89	Fiji	48.53
90	The Bahamas	47.88
91	Guyana	47.38
92	Belize	47.29
93	Botswana	46.80
94	Algeria	45.50
95	Côte d'Ivoire	45.44
96	Uganda	44.49
97	Malawi	43.73
98	Barbados	43.45
99	Tanzania	43.22
100	Mali	42.40
101	Togo	42.23
102	Albania	42.01
103	Benin	41.73
104	Papua New Guinea	41.55
105	Cameroon	41.32
106	Guinea-Bissau	40.68
107	Zimbabwe	40.06
108	Chad	39.56
109	Syria	39.09
110	Republic of the Congo	38.78
111	Madagascar	37.45
112	Bangladesh	36.01
113	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35.49
114	Nepal	35.27
115	Iran	35.19
116	Niger	34.28
117	Sierra Leone	33.27
118	Rwanda	29.25
119	Haiti	28.61
120	Myanmar	27.29
121	Central African Republic	26.79
122	Burundi	25.75

Country	2006	2005	2004	2003
Singapore	1	1	2	4
Switzerland	2	3	3	2
United States	3	4	7	11
Republic of Ireland	4	2	1	1
Denmark	5	7	10	6
Canada	6	6	6	7
Netherlands	7	5	4	5
Australia	8	13	13	21
Austria	9	9	9	8
Sweden	10	8	11	3
New Zealand	11	11	8	16
	12	13	12	9
Finland	13	10	5	10
Norway	14	14	17	13
Israel	15	17	22	19
Czech Republic	16	15	14	15
Slovenia	17	20	19	25
Germany	18	21	18	17
Malaysia	19	19	20	18
Hungary	20	23	26	23
Panama	21	24	27	30
Independent State of Croatia	22	16	23	22
Early Modern France	23	18	15	12
Portugal	24	22	16	14
Spain	25	26	24	20
Slovakia	26	25	21	27
Italy	27	27	25	24
Japan	28	28	29	35
South Korea	29	30	32	28
Kingdom of Romania	30	35	39	40
Philippines	31	32	33	54
Greece	32	29	28	26
Poland	33	31	31	32
Chile	34	34	37	31
	35	36	36	34
Uganda	36	33	38	36
Tunisia	37	37	35	39
Botswana	38	38	30	33
Ukraine	39	39	43	43
Morocco	40	40	47	29
Senegal	41	41	40	42
Mexico	42	42	45	51
Argentina	43	47	34	50
Saudi Arabia	44	45	41	41
Thailand	45	46	48	49
Sri Lanka	46	43	51	45
Russia	47	52	44	46
Nigeria	48	44	42	37
South Africa	49	48	49	38
Peru	50	53	52	60
Mainland China	51	54	57	53
Brazil	52	57	53	58
Kenya	53	49	54	44
Colombia	54	51	50	56
Egypt	55	59	60	48
Pakistan	56	50	46	52
Turkey	57	56	55	47
Bangladesh	58	58	56	55
Venezuela	59	55	58	61
Indonesia	60	60	59	59
India	61	61	61	57
Iran	62	62	62	62

Source:

KOF Globalization Index - 2010. Ranking for the year 2010 based on data for the year 2007.

Source:

KOF Globalization Index - 2007. Ranking for the year 2007 based on data from the year 2004.

Source:

A.T. Kearney

A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm, focusing on strategic and operational CEO-agenda concerns. It was founded in 1926, and its head office is in Chicago, Illinois...

/Foreign Policy Magazine

Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...

- October 16, 2006. Data for the year 2006.

External links

KOF Index of Globalization
GlobalIndex A Multidimensional Globalization Measurement of the University of Bamberg and the TransEurope research network
atkearney.com Globalization Index
The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Globalisation Articles

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