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Ranked: Most Attractive Countries To Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Fund Investors, 2024

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CEOWORLD Magazine’s latest Global Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds Attractiveness Index has ranked the United States as the most attractive country for private businesses among 125 economies, representing 95% of the world’s population and 99% of the Gross Domestic Product. The study indicates that despite facing operational challenges, the US is a more desirable place for private businesses compared to any other country in the world. The report pointed out that although the United States encounters problems in various governance-related areas, the relatively well-performing social responsibility and governance pillars reflect a level of trust within society that is often assumed to be much better in comparative countries.

The United States remains the most attractive country for investors, followed by the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, and Germany to complete the top five. Regarding regions, North America, Asia, and Western Europe are the most appealing for capital investments. Out of 125 countries studied, 33 have a high attractiveness (26.4%), 29 have a medium-high attractiveness (23.2%), 43 have a medium-low attractiveness (34.4%), and the remaining 20 have a low attractiveness (16%).

The 2024 ranking takes place in an extremely delicate historical moment that poses new global challenges for companies and institutions. The Global Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds Attractiveness Index has been used by governments and businesses to measure country attractiveness because of its ability to provide a reliable overview of the strong and weak points of individual economies.

Most Attractive Countries To Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Fund Investors, 2024

RankCountryScoreGrowth Expectations
1United States97.96high
2United Kingdom97.15high
3Japan96.78high
4Canada96.48high
5Germany96.46high
6South Korea96.41high
7Singapore96.25high
8China95.93high
9Australia95.77high
10France95.06high
11Netherlands95.05high
12Norway94.98high
13Denmark93.73high
14Switzerland92.81high
15Hong Kong92.44high
16Finland92.26high
17Israel92.1high
18India92high
19Belgium91.03high
20Malaysia90.51high
21Spain90.46high
22Italy88.97high
23Taiwan88.68high
24Ireland88.29high
25Thailand87.92high
26Saudi Arabia87.79high
27Poland87.17high
28Sweden86.93high
29New Zealand86.92high
30Czech Republic86.89high
31Austria86.81high
32Estonia86.28high
33United Arab Emirates85.94high
34Portugal85.62medium-high
35Indonesia85.37medium-high
36Romania84.87medium-high
37Turkey83.82medium-high
38Mexico83.22medium-high
39Brazil83.11medium-high
40Philippines83.04medium-high
41Lithuania82.92medium-high
42Greece82.88medium-high
43Latvia82.4medium-high
44Egypt81.9medium-high
45Hungary80.61medium-high
46Bulgaria79.42medium-high
47Pakistan78.62medium-high
48Chile77.75medium-high
49Cyprus77.4medium-high
50Morocco76.73medium-high
51Luxembourg76.41medium-high
52Slovenia76.35medium-high
53Kazakhstan74.85medium-high
54Tunisia74.49medium-high
55Oman73.97medium-high
56Kuwait72.83medium-high
57Iceland72.82medium-high
58Qatar72.59medium-high
59Malta72.14medium-high
60Vietnam71.93medium-high
61Croatia70.62medium-high
62Slovakia70.49medium-high
63Bahrain70.36medium-low
64Bangladesh70.08medium-low
65Colombia69.65medium-low
66South Africa69.01medium-low
67Jordan68.96medium-low
68Kenya68.2medium-low
69Nigeria68.17medium-low
70Belarus67.87medium-low
71Peru67.17medium-low
72Ukraine67.14medium-low
73Russian Federation66.76medium-low
74Sri Lanka66.54medium-low
75Argentina66.52medium-low
76Mauritius66.14medium-low
77Jamaica66.09medium-low
78Ghana66.06medium-low
79Tanzania64.5medium-low
80Panama64.36medium-low
81Serbia63.75medium-low
82Rwanda63.44medium-low
83Namibia63.31medium-low
84Uruguay63.24medium-low
85Georgia62.39medium-low
86Ivory Coast62.04medium-low
87Macedonia62.02medium-low
88Azerbaijan61.57medium-low
89Mongolia61.53medium-low
90Ecuador60.99medium-low
91Botswana60.58medium-low
92Montenegro60.4medium-low
93Bosnia-Herzegovina60.2medium-low
94Uganda59.88medium-low
95Zambia59.65medium-low
96Senegal58.47medium-low
97Malawi57.23medium-low
98Algeria55.77medium-low
99Armenia55.36medium-low
100Dominican Republic54.87medium-low
101Moldova54.29medium-low
102Zimbabwe54.19medium-low
103Kyrgyzstan53.81medium-low
104Bolivia53.59medium-low
105Albania53.43medium-low
106Lebanon53.42low
107Cambodia53.37low
108Guatemala53.32low
109Burkina Faso53.29low
110El Salvador53.03low
111Ethiopia52.27low
112Madagascar49.94low
113Paraguay49.63low
114Cameroon49.57low
115Mali49.41low
116Mozambique48.83low
117Nicaragua48.51low
118Benin48.45low
119Syria48.31low
120Lesotho48.16low
121Angola48.13low
122Burundi47.4low
123Mauritania47.31low
124Chad47.15low
125Venezuela45.58low

Global Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds Attractiveness Index: We are pleased to present the findings of our extensive research on measuring a country’s appeal to investors. Investors in these types of funds seek to access transactions that offer favorable risk and return ratios, and they often focus on emerging regions worldwide to achieve this objective. When evaluating potential investment opportunities, investors take into account various factors such as economic activity (GDP, inflation, unemployment rate), capital market size and liquidity, taxation, investor protection, corporate governance, human and social environment (including human capital, labor market policies, and crime), and entrepreneurial culture and opportunities (including innovation capacity, ease of doing business, and high-tech industry development). Our Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds Attractiveness Index aims to assess all of these factors across different nations and determine the relative attractiveness of economies and regions for investment.

The Global Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds Attractiveness Index is determined by considering 37 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as the foreign direct investment inflows in the country, the country’s investment flows abroad, the total export and import of the country in comparison to the world total, the number of foreign and domestic tourists, the number of foreign university students, the number of migrants in relation to the population, the number of people employed in high-tech sectors, the export of high-tech goods, the ICT Development Index. Additionally, the number of scientific publications and internet users as a percentage of the population, the logistics performance index, total factor productivity, rule of law index, total tax rate, gross domestic product divided by the world total, gross national product per capita, gross fixed capital formation divided by GDP, natural endowment index, graduates divided by the world total, global peace index, life expectancy at birth, the average number of school years, income distribution by the richest 10%, 5% and 1%, gender inequality index, debt to GDP ratio, inflation rate, market concentration index, people affected by natural disasters per 1,000 people, the population at risk of poverty, working poverty rate, CO2 emissions per capita, share of energy from renewable sources, energy intensity, and material consumption are also important factors to be taken into account.


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CEOWORLD magazine - Latest - Special Reports - Ranked: Most Attractive Countries To Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Fund Investors, 2024
Despina Wilson
I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

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