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% of respondents 0 25 50 75 100Foreign Domestic Foreign demandPublic spending and investmentBusiness investment Consumer spending Global 45.0 39.4 46.7 39.5 G20 50.8 37.8 42.2 36.4 High income 46.7 37.2 41.7 36.6 Upper-middle income 41.2 39.6 50.1 41.4 Lower-middle income 49.3 41.9 47.2 40.2 Low income 34.0 43.6 59.1 44.8 Central Asia 49.3 31.9 45.8 46.6 Eastern Asia 43.4 37.3 50.7 37.9 Europe 48.0 36.1 39.4 36.6 Latin America and the Caribbean35.3 34.5 57.3 43.0 Middle East and Northern Africa33.2 51.0 50.4 40.3 Northern America 54.2 35.6 31.9 43.1 Oceania 57.5 38.8 30.6 27.5 South-Eastern Asia 54.8 39.5 35.6 37.9 Southern Asia 61.8 40.1 40.7 35.6 Sub-Saharan Africa 42.4 42.5 54.5 41.3 Note: “Foreign demand” includes public spending and investment, business investment and consumer spending originating in the rest of the world. Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2025.Sources of business growth by 2030, by region, industry and income group (continued) TABLE 3 By group Growth in the New Economy: Towards a Blueprint 22