Bulgaria is 11-th in the world in share of greenfield foreign direct investment, according to the latest edition of Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2017. The term “greenfield investment” is used for projects where a company enters a new market and starts business from scratch.
The Greenfield FDI Performance Index annual survey is conducted by fDi Intelligence, the Financial Times Data Analysis Department, which fDi Magazine is part of. The index comprises data for 92 countries and takes up the ratio of green investments to the size of the economy of each country (its GDP).
Bulgaria ranks 11th in the world and fifth among the countries of Emerging Europe with a score of 5.11, which shows that Bulgaria is attracting five times more green investments than expected, given its economy. The last year’s leader – Serbia – is placed 2nd in the list with 11.60. Luxembourg tops the list of Western European countries with 4.38 followed by Ireland and Finland. Spain takes up the 50th place and France drops out of TOP 50.
The full index is available here.
