Executive Opinion Survey

Executive Opinion Survey

Established in 1979, the World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey is the longest running and most extensive survey of business executives worldwide.

The Executive Opinion Survey provides insights on critical aspects of socio-economic development for which statistical data is missing because it is either impossible or extremely difficult to measure on a global scale. 

The Executive Opinion Survey provides insights across a number of key themes:

  • Infrastructure and Tourism
  • Dynamism and Capacity of the private sector
  • Dynamism and capacity of the public sector
  • Enabling environment
  • Talent and employment
  • Innovation ecosystem
  • Managing risks
  • Industrial policy and green transition
  • Artificial Intelligence


Read more about the survey methodology. 

135

A global network of 135 Partner Institutes

10,000

Over 10,000 responses collected annually

110

More than 110 economies covered

Partner Institutes Community

The Partner Institutes Community consists of 120 organizations – primarily universities or research institutes, business associations, and competitiveness councils who act as ambassadors of the insights produced on a regional level and help administer the Executive Opinion Survey in their local economies.

Extensively used across publications

The survey is used widely in leading reports - across the World Economic Forum’s flagship reports, insight pieces and activities and by numerous international and nongovernmental organizations, think tanks and academia for empirical and policy work. 

REPORTS

Global Risks Report 2023

11 January 2023

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World Economic Forum

Global Gender Gap Report 2023

REPORTS

Global Gender Gap Report 2023

20 June 2023

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World Economic Forum

REPORTS

Future of Jobs Report 2023

30 April 2023

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World Economic Forum

REPORTS

Markets of Tomorrow Report 2023

12 January 2023

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World Economic Forum

REPORTS

Global Social Mobility Index

19 January 2020

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World Economic Forum

REPORTS

Energy Transition Index 2023

28 June 2023

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World Economic Forum

REPORTS

Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021

24 May 2022

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World Economic Forum

Data Requests

If you are interested in using the Executive Opinion Survey data, please submit the Data Request Form. It is recommended that you identify the indicator of your interest using this Correspondence Table. The team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Methodology

Learn more about the survey administration and data validation process of the Executive Opinion Survey.

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