Business Confidence by Country

The OECD's survey measure of how optimistic firms are. 100 is each country's long-run average.

Highest102.8New Zealand, Sep 2026

Middle of the 42100.1Turkey, Sep 2026

Lowest96.6Slovakia, Sep 2026

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42 countries, latest reading

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#	Country	Index (average = 100)	Change	Period	Source
1	New ZealandOceania	102.8	+0.9 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
2	CroatiaEurope	102.4	+1.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
3	GreeceEurope	102.0	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
4	JapanAsia	101.7	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
5	IsraelMiddle East	101.7	No change	Aug 2026Monthly	OECD
6	LatviaEurope	101.6	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
7	UKEurope	101.4	+1.8 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
8	SpainEurope	101.4	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
9	NetherlandsEurope	101.3	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
10	LithuaniaEurope	101.1	+0.3 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
11	ColombiaSouth America	100.9	+0.3 pts	Aug 2026Monthly	OECD
12	SwedenScandinavia	100.8	−0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
13	SwitzerlandEurope	100.6	+0.3 pts	Aug 2026Monthly	OECD
14	FranceEurope	100.6	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
15	ItalyEurope	100.5	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
16	FinlandEurope	100.5	−0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
17	LuxembourgEurope	100.4	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
18	USNorth America	100.3	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
19	BulgariaEurope	100.3	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
20	EurozoneEurope	100.2	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
21	SloveniaEurope	100.2	+0.3 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
22	TurkeyEurope	100.1	+0.5 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
23	NorwayScandinavia	100.0	+0.1 pts	Jun 2026Monthly	OECD
24	AustraliaOceania	99.9	No change	Aug 2026Monthly	OECD
25	GermanyEurope	99.9	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
26	RomaniaEurope	99.6	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
27	PortugalEurope	99.6	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
28	PolandEurope	99.6	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
29	South AfricaAfrica	99.5	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
30	HungaryEurope	99.4	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
31	South KoreaAsia	99.4	−0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
32	ChileSouth America	99.3	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
33	CzechiaEurope	99.2	−0.3 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
34	BelgiumEurope	99.2	+0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
35	BrazilSouth America	99.0	−0.5 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
36	IndonesiaAsia	99.0	+0.1 pts	Jun 2026Monthly	OECD
37	IrelandEurope	98.9	−0.2 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
38	AustriaEurope	98.7	−0.3 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
39	DenmarkScandinavia	98.5	+0.1 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
40	MexicoNorth America	98.4	No change	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD
41	ChinaAsia	98.4	−0.1 pts	Aug 2026Monthly	OECD
42	SlovakiaEurope	96.6	−0.8 pts	Sep 2026Monthly	OECD

Figures come from national statistics offices, central banks, Eurostat, the OECD, the IMF and the World Bank, the same sources cited on each country's page, and refresh every hour. For the same year across every country, use Compare.

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