DHL Initiative on Globalization | DHL Global Connectedness Report

This file contains the indexed global trends for 2001–2025. The global trends are presented in the report in Section 2 (pages 13–15). The methodology is presented in Section 8 of the report, pages 91–99. Data sources are shown in Appendix A (pages 296–301). The 2025 values are projected based on available data and forecasts at the time of the analysis (most 2025 data used is in these calculations had not yet been released by the relevant sources). 

This file contains the country scores and ranks for 2001–2024. The country scores and ranks are presented in the report in Section 6 (pages 73–82). The methodology is presented in Section 8 (pages 91–99). Data sources are shown in Appendix A (pages 296–301).

The full set of world and country-level breadth (extensity) measures used in the analytical sections of the report, with detail for specific types of flows, is available to researchers upon request. Metrics include Finger-Kreinin similarity indexes, average geographic and geopolitical distance traversed by flows, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index of concentration, and shares with the U.S. and its close allies and with China and its close allies.