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CORANTE John Yunker is founder of Byte Level Research and author of the widely acclaimed book, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies and editor of Global By Design.

He has covered the emerging field of Web globalization for half a decade and has published a wide range of reports dedicated to best practices in Web localization and internationalization.
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November 15, 2003

Most Global Countries

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A.T. Kearney, Inc. and Foreign Policy magazine recently released their list of the top 20 most global countries. The survey takes a number of factors into account, such as politics, travel, technology and economic integration. This is the second year in the row that Ireland came out on top. The US is holding steady at 12.

THE GLOBAL TOP 20

1. Ireland

2. Switzerland

3. Singapore

4. Netherlands

5. Sweden

6. Finland

7. Canada

8. Denmark

9. Austria

10. United Kingdom

11. Norway

12. United States

13. France

14. Germany

15. Portugal

16. Czech Republic

17. Spain

18. Israel

19. New Zealand

20. Malaysia

Here's a handy visual (click for the full-size version):

globaltop20.gif

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