Monday, October 26, 2015

Political Power in International Sport

The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark has developed a metric to measure political power in international sports. The metric, called the Sports Power Index, is based on weights given to various positions in the sports world and summing the weights by nationality of the holder of the position. The assignment of weights is of course a judgment.

Here are the rankings for 2013:

Rank Country Points
1 United States 257
2 United Kingdom 189
3 France 183
4 Italy 182
5 Switzerland 173
6 Spain 173
7 Australia 172
8 Russia 171
9 Germany 151
10 China 141
11 Canada 130
12 South Korea 122
13 Egypt 99
14 Japan 96
15 New Zealand 92
16 Sweden 82
17 Brazil 81
18 Mexico 76
19 Argentina 71
20 Hungary 66
21 Finland 66
22 Turkey 65
23 Belgium 65
24 Netherlands 64
25 Thailand 55
26 Qatar 52
27 Poland 52
28 South Africa 48
29 Norway 48
30 Kuwait 47

(data)

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