Business Confidence by Country

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

Highest101.7Israel, Jul 2026
Middle of the 2899.6Poland, Aug 2026
Lowest95.4India, Feb 2026
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28 countries, latest reading

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# Country Index (average = 100) Change Period 5-year trend
1IsraelMiddle East101.7+0.2 ptsJul 2026Monthly
2JapanAsia101.4No changeJun 2026Monthly
3NetherlandsEurope101.1+0.2 ptsAug 2026Monthly
4SpainEurope101.0No changeAug 2026Monthly
5SwedenScandinavia101.0+0.1 ptsAug 2026Monthly
6ColombiaSouth America100.6+0.3 ptsJul 2026Monthly
7FranceEurope100.6+0.3 ptsAug 2026Monthly
8SwitzerlandEurope100.6+0.3 ptsAug 2026Monthly
9USNorth America100.4+0.1 ptsAug 2026Monthly
10ItalyEurope100.3+0.1 ptsAug 2026Monthly
11NorwayScandinavia100.0+0.1 ptsJun 2026Monthly
12EurozoneEurope99.9+0.2 ptsAug 2026Monthly
13AustraliaOceania99.7−0.1 ptsMay 2026Monthly
14TurkeyEurope99.7+0.6 ptsAug 2026Monthly
15PolandEurope99.6No changeAug 2026Monthly
16South KoreaAsia99.6+0.1 ptsAug 2026Monthly
17GermanyEurope99.6+0.2 ptsAug 2026Monthly
18BrazilSouth America99.6−0.4 ptsAug 2026Monthly
19CanadaNorth America99.6No changeApr 2026Monthly
20South AfricaAfrica99.5No changeSep 2026Monthly
21AustriaEurope99.3+0.3 ptsAug 2026Monthly
22IrelandEurope99.2+0.2 ptsAug 2026Monthly
23UKEurope99.1+1.0 ptsAug 2026Monthly
24IndonesiaAsia99.0+0.1 ptsJun 2026Monthly
25ChileSouth America98.9−0.3 ptsJul 2026Monthly
26MexicoNorth America98.4+0.1 ptsJul 2026Monthly
27DenmarkScandinavia98.2−0.2 ptsAug 2026Monthly
28IndiaAsia95.4−1.4 ptsFeb 2026Monthly

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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