Global Economic Projections: Methodology

Global Economic Projections: Overall Rankings

Global Economic Projections: Top 10 climbers

Global Economic Projections: Top 10 nosedives

Euromoney received replies from 36 economists at leading financial and economic institutions. They gave each country’s economic performance for 1998 and 1999 a score out of 100. The world’s fastest-growing, best-performing economy in an ideal year would score 100; the worst economy in a disastrous year would score zero. Respondents were asked to consider economic growth, monetary stability, current-account/budget deficit or surplus, unemployment and structural imbalances.