Philippines lands 72nd in globalization ranking, seventh-most globalized among its peers in the region

The Philippines placed 72^nd out of 195 countries in the 2025 edition of the KOF Globalisation Index published by KOF Swiss Economic Institute. On a scale of 1 to 100, where 100 indicates a country is most globalized, the country scored 65.22, better than the world average of 60.65. This put the Philippines as the seventh-most globalized country among select countries in East and Southeast Asia. The index, which used 2023 data, measures the economic, social, and political dimensions of globalization, distinguishing between de facto globalization and de jure globalization in the overall index as well as in its economic, social, and political dimensions.