The COVID Resilience Ranking captures how the world’s 53 biggest economies (valued at more than $200 billion prior to the pandemic) are responding to the COVID 19 virus. The February 2022 update draws on 11 data indicators (from previous 12 indicators) spanning virus containment, quality of healthcare, vaccination coverage, overall mortality, and progress toward restarting international travel. The 12th indicator Positive Test Rate is excluded in this update because more countries now shift to treating the virus on a similar level to influenza, thus, in an era of high vaccination and normalization, it is no longer the red flag that it used to be (Bloomberg).
