World’s Best Countries To Invest In Or Do Business For 2019

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Malaysia has been crowned as the best country in the world to invest in or do business for 2019, according to the CEOWORLD magazine followed by the Philippines (No. 3), Indonesia (No. 4), Singapore (No. 6), and Thailand (No. 10). Ranked number 1 among 67 countries, Malaysia continues to be the most attractive destination for investors and businesspeople.

The rankings were based on 11 different factors including corruption, freedom (personal, trade, and monetary), workforce, investor protection, infrastructure, taxes, quality of life, red tape, and technological readiness. Each category was equally weighted.

OBORSEANA is proud that our allied nations made it to the rankings as well, namely Singapore at 6th place, followed by Thailand at 10th , China at 24th and Vietnam at 29th respectively, among the world’s best countries to invest or do business in for 2019.

The World’s best countries to invest in or do business for 2019

Rank	Country	Score	Economic Stability	Government Policies	Skilled Labour Force	Institutional Framework	Education and Research	Market Potential	Trade Openness
1	Malaysia	85.8	50	57	76	58	65	76	53
2	Poland	85.2	63	75	74	55	61	61	76
3	Philippines	84.6	78	70	85	85	68	60	73
4	Indonesia	84.4	53	82	56	50	81	61	54
5	Australia	84.1	80	51	65	64	56	52	78
6	Singapore	83.7	75	48	74	58	75	79	53
7	India	83.6	56	66	53	58	63	65	72
8	Czech Republic	82.6	54	74	75	59	70	84	61
9	Spain	81.9	78	65	78	80	49	62	68
10	Thailand	81.6	74	70	61	78	50	53	56
11	Oman	80.7	84	56	85	76	49	76	76
12	Uruguay	80.2	48	68	63	53	55	70	67
13	Ireland	79.4	78	79	71	82	85	62	50
14	Netherlands	79.3	50	49	50	63	71	62	79
15	Finland	78.7	82	63	58	54	52	67	61
16	United Kingdom	78.4	63	81	66	50	74	59	75
17	France	78.2	82	68	55	58	78	63	71
18	United States	78.1	85	65	85	69	60	59	48
19	Turkey	77	55	82	62	85	77	48	60
20	Brazil	76	53	83	83	83	82	59	80
21	South Korea	75	66	68	74	58	63	48	57
22	Mexico	74	55	82	56	59	54	79	67
23	Chile	73.6	60	79	67	60	77	70	55
24	China	73.2	78	84	70	54	79	55	73
25	Germany	72.8	53	76	74	78	85	69	67
26	Sweden	72.4	66	57	80	65	79	48	77
27	Bulgaria	70	63	56	71	56	59	84	75
28	Denmark	69	54	55	81	71	51	50	49
29	Vietnam	68	61	71	54	82	76	85	67
30	Slovenia	67.8	66	78	73	54	73	59	78
31	Israel	67.6	49	54	76	74	82	57	66
32	Japan	67.5	65	62	61	73	59	84	67
33	Austria	67.1	56	69	60	68	71	80	65
34	Canada	66.8	51	62	76	75	55	63	68
35	Romania	66.7	69	63	66	76	67	67	84
36	Croatia	66.5	85	55	77	59	56	70	85
37	Italy	66.2	74	60	56	60	60	67	76
38	Russia	64	79	49	50	81	51	81	75
39	Argentina	63	65	75	55	50	58	72	74
40	New Zealand	61	56	63	53	80	55	81	65
41	Bahrain	60.8	54	50	69	76	65	54	74
42	Greece	60.4	70	63	72	69	84	82	57
43	Azerbaijan	59.7	73	78	60	69	65	75	85
44	Norway	59.6	67	80	63	48	81	54	75
45	United Arab Emirates	59.4	82	77	62	66	85	59	85
46	Kazakhstan	58.7	51	61	72	65	53	83	62
47	Hungary	58.2	53	70	59	50	58	66	73
48	Portugal	57.9	54	56	79	63	84	67	57
49	Ukraine	57.5	59	76	59	83	85	48	70
50	Saudi Arabia	57.1	72	66	70	85	48	75	79
51	Switzerland	56.4	61	49	54	75	67	82	78
52	Belgium	56.2	63	67	79	75	68	81	85
53	Iceland	55.9	78	58	58	83	73	75	78
54	Luxembourg	55.3	83	81	80	74	74	51	48
55	Estonia	54	67	61	85	79	79	66	74
56	Lithuania	53	60	85	71	56	54	73	65
57	Hong Kong	52.8	49	74	67	51	61	63	60
58	Slovakia	52.3	76	60	84	75	59	53	74
59	Latvia	52.1	67	67	71	55	84	72	78
60	Malta	51	72	64	77	60	76	55	69
61	Iran	50.8	61	78	82	80	72	59	59
62	Cyprus	50.4	60	48	81	61	66	51	85
63	Serbia	49.6	76	67	74	59	77	84	76
64	South Africa	49.2	81	72	82	84	62	54	65
65	Tunisia	48.6	79	82	80	75	70	49	67
66	Kuwait	48.4	84	71	75	73	84	60	51
67	Qatar	48.2	68	84	73	81	75	71	66

Source: https://ceoworld.biz/worlds-best-countries-to-invest-in-or-do-business-for-2019/