Site Selection, a global investment informationwebsite, annually ranks the best countries,regions, and metros to invest in. In 2024, Seoul rose to the top ofthe metro category list for the first time. Among the countries, Korea took 9thplace.
The Global Best to Invest rankings are based on acombination of the following factors: capital expenditures (capex) and jobcreation, DHL Global Connectedness Index, country ranks in Milken InstituteGlobal Opportunity Index, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)Global Innovation Index, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Report, Institute for ManagementDevelopment (IMD) World Competitiveness Rankings, and United Nations (UN) HumanDevelopment Index.
WORLD RANKINGS
GLOBAL BEST TO INVEST 2024
by ADAM BRUNS
adam.bruns@siteselection.com
Why should global rankings matter if the whole world is deglobalizing and reshoring? Because it's possible they're not doing that at all - at least not yet.
"The world is ar a record high level of globalization despite geopolitical conflict and policy headwinds." said Steven Altman ar a March 2024 press conference announcing the results of
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GLOBAL BEST TO INVEST
TOP 10 CONTRIES
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1. UNITED STATES
SelectUSA
www.trade.gov/selectusa-home
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2. UNITED KINGDOM
UK Department of International Trade
WWW.great.gov.uk
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3. GERMANY
GermanyTrade & Invest
www.gtai.delen/invest
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4. CANADA
InvestinCanada
investcanada.ca
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5. IRELAND
IDA Ireland
www.idaireland.com
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6. AUSTRALIA
AustralianTrade & Investment Commission
www.austrade.gov.ar/International/invest
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7. SWEDEN
Business Sweden
www.business-sweden.com
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8. FRANCE
Invest in France
investinfrance.fr
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9. SOUTH KOREA
Invest Korea
www.investkorea.org
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10. DENMARK
Invest in Denmark
investindk.com
TOP 10 METROS OVERALL
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1. SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL
Invest Seoul
www.investseoul.or/eng/mainPage.do
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2. CHINA
SHANGHAI
Invest Shanghai
www.investsh.org.cn/en/index
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3. AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY
Investment NSW
www.investment.nsw.gov.au
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4. GERMANY
BERLIN/BRANDENBURG
Berlin Partner
www.berlin-partner.de/en
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5. NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM
I Amsterdam
www.iamsterdam.com/en/business
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6. INDIA
MUMBAI
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
www.midcindia.org
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7. FRANCE
PARIS
Choose Paris Region
www.chooseparisregion.org
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8. BRAZIL
SAO PAULO
Investe São Paulo
www.en.investe.sp.gou. br
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9. SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM
Invest Stockholm
www.stockholmbusinessregion.com
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10. SWITZERLAND
ZURICH
Greater Zurich Area Ltd.
www.greaterzuricharea.com/en
TOP 10 CONTRIES PER CAPITA
- 1. IRELAND
- 2. UNITED STATES
- 3. CANADA
- 4. SWEDEN
- 5. UNITED KINGDOM
- 6. AUSTRALIA
- 7. DENMARK
- 8. GERMANY
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9. FINLAND
Business Finland
www.businessfinland.com
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10. LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg Trade & Invest
www.tradeandinvest.lu
This achievement stems from the Seoul MetropolitanGovernment (SMG)'s efforts to improve the investment environment and enhancethe city's industrial competitiveness by creating Invest Seoul to become an“attractive destination for global investment.”
The SMG and Invest Seoul are not complacent. We will spareno effort to make Seoul a top-five global economic hub and attract more overseasinvestors and companies to the city.
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