Private equity environment rankings 2007
RANK (last year in brackets) | COUNTRY | SCORE |
1 (1) | United States | 6.4 |
2 (2) | United Kingdom | 4.8 |
3 (4) | Canada | 4.4 |
4 (5) | Denmark | 3.8 |
5 (8) | Sweden | 3.8 |
6 (7) | Switzerland | 3.8 |
7 (3) | Australia | 3.1 |
8 (10) | Ireland | 3.1 |
9 (12) | Netherlands | 2.6 |
10 (11) | Finland | 2.6 |
11 (6) | New Zealand | 2.0 |
12 (15) | Germany | 1.9 |
13 (13) | Norway | 1.8 |
14 (16) | Austria | 1.5 |
15 (17) | France | 1.4 |
16 (9) | Belgium | 1.1 |
17 (14) | Israel | -0.1 |
18 (18) | Portugal | -0.3 |
19 (20) | South Korea | -0.6 |
20 (21) | Spain | -1.0 |
21 (23) | Japan | -1.7 |
22 (19) | Poland | -1.9 |
23 (26) | Czech Republic | -2.1 |
24 (25) | Slovakia | -2.2 |
25 (24) | Italy | -2.5 |
26 (27) | Greece | -2.7 |
27 (22) | Hungary | -3.1 |
28 (32) | India | -4.5 |
29 (31) | Mexico | -4.5 |
30 (29) | Brazil | -4.9 |
31 (30) | Russian Federation | -5.0 |
32 (33) | China | -5.3 |
33 (28) | Turkey | -6.1 |