BPI 2014: Poland and Lithuania leaders in Europe

According to the Baseline Profitability Index (BPI) 2014, presented in the magazine Foreign Policy and reported by Invest Lithuania, Lithuania is the most favorable country for investment in Baltic countries. Still according to the same special classification, it is second in Europe for expected returns. This index uses eight factors to predict investors the return they could expect over the next five years: it is about economic growth, financial stability, physical security, corruption, expropriation by government, exploitation by local partners, capital controls and exchange rates. In particular, Lithuania, whose BPI value is 1.1, ranks 16th among 112 countries, among which Botswana, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Qatar stand out. Also according to the index, investors can expect the lowest returns in Russia, Argentina, Congo, Angola and Venezuela. La Poland, with a BPI value of 1.12, is recognized as the most profitable place to invest in Europe, followed by Lithuania, Estonia (1,09 in 18th place) and Latvia (1,07, 22nd place). On a continental level, Italy and Greece appear to be the least favorable markets in this sense.