How is globalization measured?
Globalization
trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), portfolio investment, and income
Measurements of economic globalization typically focus on variables such as trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), portfolio investment, and income.  However, newer indices attempt to measure globalization in more general terms, including variables related to political, social, cultural, and even environmental aspects of globalization.[128][129]