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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Mar 3

Trace Bribery Risk Matrix 2024

1. Norway🇳🇴
2. Switzerland🇨🇭
3. Sweden🇸🇪
4. Denmark🇩🇰
5. Australia🇦🇺
6. UK🇬🇧
7. Finland🇫🇮
8. Estonia🇪🇪
9. Canada🇨🇦
10. Japan🇯🇵
11. USA🇺🇸
13. Germany🇩🇪
27. France🇫🇷
33. Italy🇮🇹
66. Indonesia🇮🇩
82. Argentina🇦🇷
103. Brazil🇧🇷
119. Mexico🇲🇽
126. India🇮🇳
130. Turkey🇹🇷
142. China🇨🇳
161. Russia🇷🇺

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Feb 16

Prosperity Index 2023

Top 20 Countries

1. Denmark🇩🇰
2. Sweden🇸🇪
3. Norway🇳🇴
4. Finland🇫🇮
5. Switzerland🇨🇭
6. Netherlands🇳🇱
7. Luxembourg🇱🇺
8. Iceland🇮🇸
9. Germany🇩🇪
10. NZ🇳🇿
11. Ireland🇮🇪
12. UK🇬🇧
13. Canada🇨🇦
14. Austria🇦🇹
15. Australia🇦🇺
16. Japan🇯🇵
17. Singapore🇸🇬
18. Belgium🇧🇪
19. USA🇺🇸
20. Taiwan🇹🇼

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Feb 10

Time on Phones and Social Media

Top 5 Countries

Brazil🇧🇷
Colombia🇨🇴
Mexico🇲🇽
Turkey🇹🇷
Portugal🇵🇹

Bottom 5 Countries

Japan🇯🇵
Germany🇩🇪
France🇫🇷
Netherlands🇳🇱
Switzerland🇨🇭

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Feb 10

Global Innovation Index 2024

Top 10 Countries

Switzerland🇨🇭🥇
Sweden🇸🇪🥈
USA🇺🇸🥉
Singapore🇸🇬
UK🇬🇧
Korea🇰🇷
Finland🇫🇮
Netherlands🇳🇱
Germany🇩🇪
Denmark🇩🇰

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Jan 28

Energy Transition Index 2024

Top 20 Countries

Sweden🇸🇪🥇
Denmark🇩🇰🥈
Finland🇫🇮🥉
Switzerland🇨🇭
France🇫🇷
Norway🇳🇴
Iceland🇮🇸
Austria🇦🇹
Estonia🇪🇪
Netherlands🇳🇱
Germany🇩🇪
Brazil🇧🇷
UK🇬🇧
Portugal🇵🇹
Latvia🇱🇻
Spain🇪🇸
China🇨🇳
Luxembourg🇱🇺
USA🇺🇸
Chile🇨🇱

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Jan 26

Inflation Rate (%)

Türkiye🇹🇷: 47.1
Colombia🇨🇴: 5.2
Iceland🇮🇸: 4.8
Poland🇵🇱: 4.7
Mexico🇲🇽: 4.5
Chile🇨🇱: 4.2
Hungary🇭🇺: 3.7
UK🇬🇧: 3.5
Belgium🇧🇪: 3.2
Japan🇯🇵: 2.9
Australia🇦🇺: 2.8
USA🇺🇸: 2.7
Spain🇪🇸: 2.4
Norway🇳🇴: 2.4
Germany🇩🇪: 2.2
Canada🇨🇦: 1.9
Denmark🇩🇰: 1.6
Italy🇮🇹: 1.3
France🇫🇷: 1.3
Finland🇫🇮: 1.0
Switzerland🇨🇭: 0.7

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Jan 17

Environmental Performance Index 2024

Top 20 Countries

Estonia🇪🇪🥇
Luxembourg🇱🇺🥈
Germany🇩🇪🥉
Finland🇫🇮
UK🇬🇧
Sweden🇸🇪
Norway🇳🇴
Austria🇦🇹
Switzerland🇨🇭
Denmark🇩🇰
Greece🇬🇷
Netherlands🇳🇱
France🇫🇷
Belgium🇧🇪
Malta🇲🇹
Ireland🇮🇪
Czechia🇨🇿
Slovakia🇸🇰
Poland🇵🇱
Iceland🇮🇸

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Jan 9

Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

1. Denmark🇩🇰
2. Finland🇫🇮
3. NZ🇳🇿
4. Norway🇳🇴
5. Singapore🇸🇬
6. Switzerland🇨🇭
8. Netherlands🇳🇱
9. Germany🇩🇪
12. Canada🇨🇦
14. Australia🇦🇺
16. Japan🇯🇵
20. France🇫🇷
20. UK🇬🇧
24. USA🇺🇸
32. Korea🇰🇷
42. Italy🇮🇹
76. China🇨🇳
93. India🇮🇳
104. Brazil🇧🇷
115. Turkey🇹🇷
126. Mexico🇲🇽
141. Russia🇷🇺

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Jan 8

Women Inventors

Top 5 Countries

Portugal🇵🇹
Greece🇬🇷
Colombia🇨🇴
Lithuania🇱🇹
Estonia🇪🇪

Bottom 5 Countries

Austria🇦🇹
New Zealand🇳🇿
Germany🇩🇪
Slovakia🇸🇰
Czechia🇨🇿

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 18

Labour Productivity

Top 10 Countries

Ireland🇮🇪🥇
Norway🇳🇴🥈
Luxembourg🇱🇺🥉
Denmark🇩🇰
Switzerland🇨🇭
Belgium🇧🇪
Sweden🇸🇪
Austria🇦🇹
Netherlands🇳🇱
USA🇺🇸

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 18

Prosperity Index 2023

Top 20 Countries

1. Denmark🇩🇰
2. Sweden🇸🇪
3. Norway🇳🇴
4. Finland🇫🇮
5. Switzerland🇨🇭
6. Netherlands🇳🇱
7. Luxembourg🇱🇺
8. Iceland🇮🇸
9. Germany🇩🇪
10. NZ🇳🇿
11. Ireland🇮🇪
12. UK🇬🇧
13. Canada🇨🇦
14. Austria🇦🇹
15. Australia🇦🇺
16. Japan🇯🇵
17. Singapore🇸🇬
18. Belgium🇧🇪
19. USA🇺🇸
20. Taiwan🇹🇼

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 18

Global Organized Crime Index 2023

Criminality Trends in the Americas

1. Colombia🇨🇴
2. Mexico🇲🇽
3. Paraguay🇵🇾
4. Ecuador🇪🇨
5. Honduras🇭🇳

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 15

Energy Inflation (%)

Türkiye🇹🇷: 63.3
Chile🇨🇱: 10.6
Colombia🇨🇴: 9.7
Poland🇵🇱: 7.7
Belgium🇧🇪: 7.3
Mexico🇲🇽: 5.1
Denmark🇩🇰: 3.1
Iceland🇮🇸: 2.7
Japan🇯🇵: 2.3
NZ🇳🇿: -1.6
France🇫🇷: -1.9
Canada🇨🇦: -3.5
US🇺🇸: -3.7
Germany🇩🇪: -5.5
Australia🇦🇺: -8.1
Italy🇮🇹: -8.9
UK🇬🇧: -10.0
Austria🇦🇹: -11.9
Ireland🇮🇪: -13.4
Slovenia🇸🇮: -14.6

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 15

World Press Freedom Index 2024

Top 10 Countries

1. Norway🇳🇴
2. Denmark🇩🇰
3. Sweden🇸🇪
4. Netherlands🇳🇱
5. Finland🇫🇮
6. Estonia🇪🇪
7. Portugal🇵🇹
8. Ireland🇮🇪
9. Switzerland🇨🇭
10. Germany🇩🇪

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 14

Self-employment Rate

Colombia🇨🇴: 46.6
Mexico🇲🇽: 31.4
Chile🇨🇱: 24.5
CR🇨🇷: 24.4
Korea🇰🇷: 23.2
Italy🇮🇹: 21.4
Poland🇵🇱: 20.0
NZ🇳🇿: 18.8
Switzerland🇨🇭: 16.6
Spain🇪🇸: 15.0
Ireland🇮🇪: 13.7
Finland🇫🇮: 13.2
France🇫🇷: 12.9
Austria🇦🇹: 12.1
Sweden🇸🇪: 10.6
Japan🇯🇵: 9.5
Australia🇦🇺: 8.7
Germany🇩🇪: 8.4
Denmark🇩🇰: 8.4
Canada🇨🇦: 6.8

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 14

Global Slavery Index 2023

Prevalence of Modern Slavery in Europe and Central Asia

1. Türkiye🇹🇷
2. Tajikistan🇹🇯
3. Russia🇷🇺
4. Ukraine🇺🇦
5. North Macedonia🇲🇰

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 14

World Risk Index 2024

1. Phillipines🇵🇭
2. Indonesia🇮🇩
3. India🇮🇳
4. Colombia🇨🇴
5. Mexico🇲🇽
6. Myanmar🇲🇲
7. Mozambique🇲🇿
8. Russia🇷🇺
9. Bangladesh 🇧🇩
10. Pakistan🇵🇰

Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 14

Mortality Rates from Avoidable Causes

Highest 10 Countries

Mexico🇲🇽
Latvia🇱🇻
Lithuania🇱🇹
Hungary🇭🇺
Estonia🇪🇪
USA🇺🇸
Czechia🇨🇿
Poland🇵🇱
Colombia🇨🇴
Slovakia🇸🇰

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 13

Energy Transition Index 2024

Top 10 Countries

1. Sweden🇸🇪
2. Denmark🇩🇰
3. Finland🇫🇮
4. Switzerland🇨🇭
5. France🇫🇷
6. Norway🇳🇴
7. Iceland🇮🇸
8. Austria🇦🇹
9. Estonia🇪🇪
10. Netherlands🇳🇱

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 13

Inflation Rate (%)

Türkiye🇹🇷: 49.4
Colombia🇨🇴: 5.8
Iceland🇮🇸: 5.4
Poland🇵🇱: 4.9
Mexico🇲🇽: 4.6
Chile🇨🇱: 4.2
Israel🇮🇱: 3.5
Netherlands🇳🇱: 3.5
Australia🇦🇺: 2.8
UK🇬🇧: 2.6
Japan🇯🇵: 2.5
US🇺🇸: 2.4
Canada🇨🇦: 1.6
Germany🇩🇪: 1.6
Korea🇰🇷: 1.6
Spain🇪🇸: 1.5
France🇫🇷: 1.1
Finland🇫🇮: 0.8
Italy🇮🇹: 0.7
Ireland🇮🇪: 0.7
Costa Rica🇨🇷: -0.1

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 12

Global Slavery Index 2023

Prevalence of Modern Slavery in the Americas

1. Venezuela🇻🇪
2. Haiti🇭🇹
3. El Salvador🇸🇻
4. Guatemala🇬🇹
5. Colombia🇨🇴

Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 12

Unemployment Rate (%)

Spain🇪🇸: 11.2
Colombia🇨🇴: 10.1
Greece🇬🇷: 9.8
Finland🇫🇮: 8.8
Türkiye🇹🇷: 8.6
Chile🇨🇱: 8.5
Sweden🇸🇪: 8.4
France🇫🇷: 7.6
Canada🇨🇦: 6.5
Italy🇮🇹: 5.8
Slovenia🇸🇮: 4.9
UK🇬🇧: 4.3
Australia🇦🇺: 4.1
US🇺🇸: 4.1
Germany🇩🇪: 3.4
Poland🇵🇱: 3.1
Korea🇰🇷: 2.7
Czechia🇨🇿: 2.6
Israel🇮🇱: 2.5
Japan🇯🇵: 2.5
Mexico🇲🇽: 2.5

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 12

Infant Mortality Rates

Colombia🇨🇴: 16.5
Mexico🇲🇽: 12.7
CR🇨🇷: 9.6
Türkiye🇹🇷: 9.1
Chile🇨🇱: 5.9
US🇺🇸: 5.4
Canada🇨🇦: 4.5
UK🇬🇧: 4.0
Poland🇵🇱: 3.9
France🇫🇷: 3.7
Netherlands🇳🇱: 3.3
Ireland🇮🇪: 3.2
Germany🇩🇪: 3.0
Spain🇪🇸: 2.5
Italy🇮🇹: 2.3
Estonia🇪🇪: 2.2
Finland🇫🇮: 1.8
Japan🇯🇵: 1.7

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 12

Youth Not in Employment, Education or Training (%)

Türkiye🇹🇷: 26.7
Costa Rica🇨🇷: 24.1
Colombia🇨🇴: 23.6
Mexico🇲🇽: 18.5
Italy🇮🇹: 17.7
Greece🇬🇷: 17.7
Chile🇨🇱: 16.8
Spain🇪🇸: 16.6
France🇫🇷: 14
USA🇺🇸: 13.4
UK🇬🇧: 12.1
Canada🇨🇦: 10.6
Germany🇩🇪: 9.2
Australia🇦🇺: 8.6
Norway🇳🇴: 6.3

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Informal Economy @economyinformal.bsky.social · Dec 11

Violence against Women (%)

Türkiye🇹🇷: 32
Colombia🇨🇴: 30
CR🇨🇷: 27
USA🇺🇸: 26
Canada🇨🇦: 26
Latvia🇱🇻: 25
UK🇬🇧: 24
Mexico🇲🇽: 24
Australia🇦🇺: 23
France🇫🇷: 22
Belgium🇧🇪: 22
Chile🇨🇱: 21
Germany🇩🇪: 21
Japan🇯🇵: 20
Greece🇬🇷: 18
Italy🇮🇹: 16
Spain🇪🇸: 15
Poland🇵🇱: 13
Switzerland🇨🇭: 12

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