International rankings of France

The following are International rankings of France.

Cities

• gaWC Inventory of World Cities, 1999: Paris alpha world city

Economic

• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2007, ranked 45 out of 157 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2006, out of 182 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2006, ranked 5 out of 181 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2006–2007, ranked 18 out of 125 countries
• World Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index, ranked 31 out of 178 countries
• World Tourism Organization: World Tourism rankings 2008, ranked 1 in tourist arrivals
• Fortune Global 500 2010, with 39 worldwide corporations, France has the third largest number of wealthiest corporations out of 32 countries^[1]

Environmental

• Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 36 out of 146 countries
• New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2006, ranked 129 out of 178 countries

Globalization

• KOF: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 6 out of 122 countries
• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 23 out of 62 countries

Military

• Ranked 3rd by military expenditures out of 170 countries.
• CSIS: active troops, ranked 21st out of 166 countries

Political

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 19 out of 179 countries
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2007, ranked 31 out of 169 countries
• Economist Intelligence Unit: Democracy Index 2007, ranked 24 out of 167 countries
• Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine: Failed States Index 2007, ranked 157 out of 177 countries

Social

• Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 25 out of 108 countries
• UN: Human Development Index 2007, ranked 8 out of 177 countries
• Population ranked 19 out of 221 countries

Technological

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 22 out of 69 countries
• The World Factbook: number of Internet users, ranked 10 out of 80 countries

International rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
World Bank	Total GDP, 2009	5 out of 144[2]
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Index	30 out of 144[3]
Reporters Without Borders	Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2005	30 out of 167[4]
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index 2008	18 out of 163[5]
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index ( 2009)	8 out of 182[6]

See also

• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

References

1. "Global 500 2010: Countries". CNN.
2. "Gross domestic product 2009" (PDF). World Bank.
3. "Vision of Humanity". Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
4. Klaus Kästle. "Press Freedom Index 2005". Nationsonline.org. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
5. Annual Report Transparency International 2008 Transparency International
6. Human Development Report 2009 – HDI rankings – UNO