* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Political globalization index (0-100), 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 188 countries was 64.51 points. The highest value was in Germany: 97.07 points and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 6.48 points. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich
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Countries Political globalization, 2022 Global rank Available data
Germany 97.07 1 1970 - 2022
France 96.85 2 1970 - 2022
Italy 96.84 3 1970 - 2022
UK 96.55 4 1970 - 2022
Spain 95.86 5 1970 - 2022
Belgium 95.81 6 1970 - 2022
Sweden 95.5 7 1970 - 2022
Switzerland 95.11 8 1970 - 2022
Netherlands 95.01 9 1970 - 2022
Austria 94.65 10 1970 - 2022
Portugal 92.18 11 1970 - 2022
Finland 92.16 12 1970 - 2022
Turkey 92.13 13 1970 - 2022
USA 92.04 14 1970 - 2022
Russia 91.97 15 1990 - 2022
India 91.52 16 1970 - 2022
Poland 91.51 17 1970 - 2022
Canada 91.04 18 1970 - 2022
Denmark 90.98 19 1970 - 2022
El Salvador 90.47 20 1970 - 2022
Greece 90.45 21 1970 - 2022
Argentina 89.85 22 1970 - 2022
South Korea 89.82 23 1970 - 2022
China 89.81 24 1970 - 2022
Romania 89.74 25 1970 - 2022
Hungary 89.3 26 1970 - 2022
Brazil 89.08 27 1970 - 2022
Czechia 88.67 28 1993 - 2022
South Africa 88.26 29 1970 - 2022
Norway 88.1 30 1970 - 2022
Ukraine 87.43 31 1991 - 2022
Mexico 87.13 32 1970 - 2022
Indonesia 86.75 33 1970 - 2022
Australia 86.5 34 1970 - 2022
Morocco 86.44 35 1970 - 2022
Bulgaria 85.51 36 1970 - 2022
Chile 85.05 37 1970 - 2022
Serbia 84.44 38 1970 - 2022
Croatia 84.04 39 1991 - 2022
Malaysia 84.03 40 1970 - 2022
Pakistan 83.95 41 1970 - 2022
Nigeria 83.82 42 1970 - 2022
Slovakia 83.74 43 1993 - 2022
Tunisia 82.99 44 1970 - 2022
Senegal 81.72 45 1970 - 2022
Ghana 81.2 46 1970 - 2022
Ireland 81.01 47 1970 - 2022
Thailand 81.01 48 1970 - 2022
Uruguay 80.83 49 1970 - 2022
Philippines 80.77 50 1970 - 2022
Jordan 80.2 51 1970 - 2022
Slovenia 80.06 52 1991 - 2022
Luxembourg 79.76 53 1970 - 2022
Japan 79.67 54 1970 - 2022
Algeria 79.27 55 1970 - 2022
Colombia 79.06 56 1970 - 2022
Kenya 78.8 57 1970 - 2022
Lithuania 78.36 58 1990 - 2022
Peru 77.89 59 1970 - 2022
New Zealand 76.51 60 1970 - 2022
Egypt 76.47 61 1970 - 2022
Ethiopia 76.14 62 1970 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 75.42 63 1970 - 2022
Guatemala 75.3 64 1970 - 2022
Sri Lanka 75.08 65 1970 - 2022
Tanzania 74.63 66 1970 - 2022
Ivory Coast 74.15 67 1970 - 2022
Israel 73.98 68 1970 - 2022
Belarus 73.39 69 1991 - 2022
Vietnam 73.34 70 1970 - 2022
Costa Rica 73.29 71 1970 - 2022
Bangladesh 73.11 72 1971 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 73.08 73 1992 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 72.31 74 1970 - 2022
Cameroon 72.14 75 1970 - 2022
Paraguay 71.69 76 1970 - 2022
Bolivia 71.35 77 1970 - 2022
Azerbaijan 71.32 78 1991 - 2022
North Macedonia 71.16 79 1991 - 2022
Malta 71.03 80 1970 - 2022
Kazakhstan 70.93 81 1991 - 2022
Venezuela 70.58 82 1970 - 2022
Cuba 70.32 83 1970 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 70.15 84 1970 - 2022
Iran 70.11 85 1979 - 2022
Uganda 70.09 86 1970 - 2022
Libya 69.69 87 1970 - 2022
Mali 69.63 88 1970 - 2022
Armenia 69.24 89 1991 - 2022
Burkina Faso 69.15 90 1970 - 2022
Zambia 69.09 91 1970 - 2022
Benin 68.9 92 1970 - 2022
Moldova 68.68 93 1991 - 2022
Zimbabwe 68.63 94 1980 - 2022
Cyprus 68.18 95 1970 - 2022
DR Congo 68.1 96 1970 - 2022
Mongolia 68.07 97 1970 - 2022
Singapore 67.93 98 1970 - 2022
Latvia 67.77 99 1990 - 2022
Lebanon 67.19 100 1970 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 67.07 101 1970 - 2022
Guinea 66.81 102 1970 - 2022
Kuwait 66.27 103 1970 - 2022
Burma 65.58 104 1970 - 2022
UA Emirates 65.48 105 1971 - 2022
Panama 65.31 106 1970 - 2022
Honduras 65.17 107 1970 - 2022
Nepal 64.74 108 1970 - 2022
Rwanda 64.5 109 1970 - 2022
Yemen 64.23 110 1970 - 2022
Albania 63.07 111 1970 - 2022
Togo 62.91 112 1970 - 2022
Niger 62.74 113 1970 - 2022
Mauritania 62.38 114 1970 - 2022
Qatar 61.65 115 1971 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 60.64 116 1991 - 2022
Namibia 59.53 117 1990 - 2022
Sudan 59.49 118 1970 - 2022
Iceland 59.38 119 1970 - 2022
Georgia 59.11 120 1991 - 2022
R. of Congo 58.7 121 1970 - 2022
Malawi 58.67 122 1970 - 2022
Madagascar 58.26 123 1970 - 2022
Cambodia 58.21 124 1970 - 2022
Chad 58.09 125 1970 - 2022
Syria 58.06 126 1970 - 2022
Nicaragua 57.76 127 1970 - 2022
Montenegro 57.38 128 1970 - 2022
Tajikistan 56.25 129 1991 - 2022
Mozambique 56.23 130 1975 - 2022
Gambia 55.8 131 1970 - 2022
Sierra Leone 55.66 132 1970 - 2022
Burundi 55.33 133 1970 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 55.2 134 1970 - 2022
Mauritius 55.16 135 1970 - 2022
Jamaica 54.61 136 1970 - 2022
Iraq 54.15 137 1970 - 2022
Liberia 53.28 138 1970 - 2022
Djibouti 52.95 139 1977 - 2022
Barbados 51.77 140 1970 - 2022
Uzbekistan 51.46 141 1991 - 2022
Angola 51.02 142 1975 - 2022
Fiji 50.55 143 1970 - 2022
Bahrain 50.54 144 1971 - 2022
Gabon 50.44 145 1970 - 2022
Oman 50.32 146 1970 - 2022
C.A. Republic 49.02 147 1970 - 2022
Ecuador 48.64 148 1970 - 2022
Haiti 47.4 149 1970 - 2022
Brunei 46.56 150 1984 - 2022
Cape Verde 45.64 151 1975 - 2022
G.-Bissau 45.6 152 1974 - 2022
Botswana 45.43 153 1970 - 2022
Afghanistan 45.25 154 1970 - 2022
Guyana 44.45 155 1970 - 2022
Papua N.G. 43.94 156 1975 - 2022
Belize 41.31 157 1981 - 2022
Laos 40.86 158 1970 - 2022
Seychelles 38.33 159 1970 - 2022
Turkmenistan 38.3 160 1991 - 2022
Lesotho 37.95 161 1970 - 2022
Suriname 36.24 162 1975 - 2022
Comoros 35.11 163 1975 - 2022
Bahamas 34.78 164 1973 - 2022
Eritrea 34.52 165 1993 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 33.64 166 1981 - 2022
Grenada 33.52 167 1974 - 2022
Samoa 32.55 168 1970 - 2022
Somalia 32.35 169 1970 - 2022
San Marino 31.5 170 1970 - 2022
Dominica 30.97 171 1970 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 30.37 172 1975 - 2022
Hong Kong 29.54 173 1970 - 2022
Estonia 28.63 174 1991 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 28.37 175 1978 - 2022
Vanuatu 26.86 176 1980 - 2022
Maldives 26.3 177 1970 - 2022
Monaco 25.18 178 1970 - 2022
Bhutan 25.07 179 1970 - 2022
Tonga 23.16 180 1970 - 2022
Liechtenstein 23.09 181 1970 - 2022
Andorra 21.71 182 1970 - 2022
Macao 15.01 183 1970 - 2022
Kiribati 14.14 184 1979 - 2022
Micronesia 12.71 185 1986 - 2022
Palau 11.35 186 1994 - 2022
Aruba 6.53 187 1986 - 2022
Bermuda 6.48 188 1970 - 2022



Definition: The degree of political globalization is determined by the number of embassies and high commissions in a country, the number of international organizations to which the country is a member, the number of UN peace missions a country participated in, and the number of treaties signed between two or more states. More information and the original data can be obtained here.

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92.16
92.13
92.04
91.97
91.52
91.51
91.04
90.98
90.47
90.45
89.85
89.82
89.81
89.74
89.30
89.08
88.67
88.26
88.10
87.43
87.13
86.75
86.50
86.44
85.51
85.05
84.44
84.04
84.03
83.95
83.82
83.74
82.99
81.72
81.20
81.01
81.01
80.83
80.77
80.20
80.06
79.76
79.67
79.27
79.06
78.80
78.36
77.89
76.51
76.47
76.14
75.42
75.30
75.08
74.63
74.15
73.98
73.39
73.34
73.29
73.11
73.08
72.31
72.14
71.69
71.35
71.32
71.16
71.03
70.93
70.58
70.32
70.15
70.11
70.09
69.69
69.63
69.24
69.15
69.09
68.90
68.68
68.63
68.18
68.10
68.07
67.93
67.77
67.19
67.07
66.81
66.27
65.58
65.48
65.31
65.17
64.74
64.50
64.23
63.07
62.91
62.74
62.38
61.65
60.64
59.53
59.49
59.38
59.11
58.70
58.67
58.26
58.21
58.09
58.06
57.76
57.38
56.25
56.23
55.80
55.66
55.33
55.20
55.16
54.61
54.15
53.28
52.95
51.77
51.46
51.02
50.55
50.54
50.44
50.32
49.02
48.64
47.40
46.56
45.64
45.60
45.43
45.25
44.45
43.94
41.31
40.86
38.33
38.30
37.95
36.24
35.11
34.78
34.52
33.64
33.52
32.55
32.35
31.50
30.97
30.37
29.54
28.63
28.37
26.86
26.30
25.18
25.07
23.16
23.09
21.71
15.01
14.14
12.71
11.35
6.53
6.48
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48.5
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