October 5, 2009

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Global marketing is becoming more and more important along the years with the increasing trend in internationalization. Having too many choices, marketers face the challenge of determining which international markets to enter and the appropriate marketing strategies for those countries.

The focus of this study is ranking the market potential of countries identified as "Emerging Markets" by The Economist magazine. These emerging economies comprise more than half of the world's population, account for a large share of world output, and have very high growth rates; all indicators of enormous market potential.

This indexing study is conducted by MSU-IBC to help companies compare the Emerging Markets with each other on several dimensions. Eight dimensions are chosen to represent the market potential of a country over a scale of 1 to 100. Each dimension is measured using various indicators, and are weighted in determining their contribution to the Overall Market Potential Index.

Notes:
  1. The most recent version of the Market Potential Index can always be found on globalEDGE at: /mpi/
  2. The report for previous years can be reached through the Market Potential Index (MPI) Archive table on the right column.
  3. To sort by any dimension, click on the name of the dimension.

Dimensions and Measures of Market Potential for 2009

Dimension Weight Measures Used
Market Size 10/50
  • Urban population (million) -20081
  • Electricity consumption (billion kwh) - 20062
Market Growth Rate 6/50
  • Average annual growth rate of primary energy use (%) - between years 2002-20062
  • Real GDP growth rate (%) - 20081
Market Intensity 7/50
  • GNI per capita estimates using PPP (US Dollars) - 20081
  • Private consumption as a percentage of GDP (%) - 20081
Market Consumption Capacity 5/50
  • Percentage share of middle-class in consumption/income (latest year available)1
Commercial Infrastructure 7/50
  • Main Telephone lines (per 100 habitants) - 20083
  • Cellular mobile subscribers (per 100 habitants) - 20083
  • Number of PC's (per 1000 habitants) - 20084
  • Paved road density (km per million people) - 20084
  • Internet users (per 100 habitants) - 20083
  • Population per retail outlet - 20084
  • Percentage of Households with TV - 20084
Economic Freedom 5/50
  • Economic Freedom Index - 20095
  • Political Freedom Index - 20096
Market Receptivity 6/50
  • Per capita imports from US (US Dollars) - 20087
  • Trade as a percentage of GDP (%) - 20081
Country Risk 4/50
  • Country risk rating - 20098
Data used are those available for most recent year.

For More Information:

For the indexing methodology, please refer to:

"Measuring The Potential of Emerging Markets: An Indexing Approach" - S.Tamer Cavusgil,
Business Horizons, January-February 1997, Vol. 40 Number 1, 87-91: doi .

" Complementary Approaches to Preliminary Foreign Market Opportunity Assessment: Country Clustering and Country Ranking " - S. Tamer Cavusgil, Tunga Kiyak, and Sengun Yeniyurt
Industrial Marketing Management, October 2004, Volume 33, Issue 7, 607-617: doi .

For additional inquiries, please contact MSU-IBC.