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Economic confidence: World's top nations

Last updated on: May 16, 2013 14:57 IST

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India's economic confidence dropped due to a number of corruption allegations against the Union government ministers.

The Ipsos' report, 'The Economic Pulse of the World' examines citizens' assessment of current state of their country's economy.

Saudi Arabia continues to lead the world on national economic assessment.

Saudi Arabia

Rank: 1

Economic assessment: 80%

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Sweden

Rank: 2

Economic assessment: 73%

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China

Rank: 3

Economic assessment: 72%

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Canada

Rank: 4

Economic assessment: 65%

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Germany

Rank: 5

Economic assessment: 64%

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India

Rank: 6

India is now the sixth most economically confident country in the world. The country's economic confidence dropped by 2 points to 63 per cent in April, 2013 compared to March, 2013.

The drop in economic confidence of the country was despite the fact the there has been a continuous decline in inflation rate and upbeat investor confidence, Ipsos said.

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Australia

Rank: 7

Economic assessment: 57%

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Turkey

Rank: 8

Economic assessment: 53%

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Brazil

Rank: 9

Economic assessment: 48%

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Indonesia

Rank: 10

Economic assessment: 45%

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Mexico

Rank: 11

Economic assessment: 31%

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United States

Rank: 12

Economic assessment: 31%

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