Fields such as education, workplace training, language skills, international experience, quality of life, and salaries, were analysed in each country within the report, among other factors.

The countries were ranked according to an overall score between 0 and 100 points, which is based on three main indicators, also scored between 0 and 100:

• Investment and Development: related to expenditure on education, the percentage of teachers per student in a country or the female labour force, among other factors.
• Appeal: based on the attractiveness of the country to foreign talent, with aspects such as the cost of living, salaries, or employee motivation among some of the factors taken into account.
• Readiness: measures among other areas the quality of the skills of employees and managers, or the education system.

While the amount of points each country has is ordered from least to most competitive nations and is out of 100, the positions obtained in the different indicators mark each country’s position in the ranking, out of the 63 countries analysed.

Read the original article to look at the 31 countries that are best at developing, attracting, and retaining the best talent for their companies, according to the 2018 index of IMD, together with their total points out of 100.