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Political globalization index (0-100), 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 18 countries was 66.84 points. The highest value was in Morocco: 86.44 points and the lowest value was in Oman: 50.32 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
Morocco 86.44 1 1970 - 2022
Tunisia 82.99 2 1970 - 2022
Jordan 80.2 3 1970 - 2022
Algeria 79.27 4 1970 - 2022
Egypt 76.47 5 1970 - 2022
Iran 70.11 6 1979 - 2022
Libya 69.69 7 1970 - 2022
Lebanon 67.19 8 1970 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 67.07 9 1970 - 2022
Kuwait 66.27 10 1970 - 2022
UA Emirates 65.48 11 1971 - 2022
Yemen 64.23 12 1970 - 2022
Qatar 61.65 13 1971 - 2022
Syria 58.06 14 1970 - 2022
Iraq 54.15 15 1970 - 2022
Djibouti 52.95 16 1977 - 2022
Bahrain 50.54 17 1971 - 2022
Oman 50.32 18 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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