BEST GLOBAL BRANDS 200100 / 37
Which saw bigger gains: the brand value of the top 100 Best Global Brands or the world GDP? 115.74 121.72
2010
137.84
113.14 117.20 132.28
2009
116.88 122.82
2008
133.08
116.30 116.94 129.21
2007
113.13 110.36
2006
122.82
109.84 105.75
2005
116.86
106.95 100.83 111.83
2004
103.63
The growth of the top 100 Best Global Brands exceeded the long-term growth of advanced economies by 35 percent, but saw slower gains than the world GDP as a whole.
98.55
2003
106.60
Advanced Economies GDP Best Global Brands 101.70
World GDP
98.01
2002
102.90
2001
100
This chart looks at the combined brand values of the top 100 Best Global Brands from 2001 to 2010 and compares them to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) GDP data for the world and advanced economies from 2001 to 2010. It indexes the 2001 starting value of each to 100, so that the growth rates can be compared.