Countries in this section are profiled in a comprehensive manner, importantly including detailed assessments of the degree of a country's compliance with the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems, as well as the Business Indicator Index, which gives a score for a country"s economic, political, and business environment, and a snapshot of a country's performance in nine of the leading global best-practices indices.

The countries profiled in this section are largely more active in and significant to the global economy. The full profile methodology is described in the Research & Methodology section.