The SovTrack Europe methodology

The SovTrack Europe methodology aims to measure the level of strategic sovereignty of a company, defined as its ability to exercise decision-making and operational autonomy in the face of dependencies of geopolitical, economic, legal, or digital origin. This assessment is based on a multi-criteria approach integrating control structure, trade flows, supply chains, and digital tools used.

1. Score Structure

The overall SovTrack score is expressed on a scale from 0 to 100. It results from the simple arithmetic average of four analysis blocks weighted equally (25% each):

2. Evaluation Blocks

2.1. Block 1 — Governance

The governance analysis relies on two components:

• Capital and legal control: identification of the country of registration and the country of effective control (parent company, shareholders).

• Strategic checks: cross-referencing with three types of official lists:

  • International sanctions (OFAC, EU): any match results in a 50% reduction of the governance score.

  • Politically Exposed Persons (PEP): any match results in a 25% reduction.

  • Entities or individuals listed as criminals (optional, in development).

The final governance score is the simple average of four sub-scores:

• Geopolitical typology of the country of registration

• Geopolitical typology of the country of effective control

• Presence or absence on sanctions lists (100 or 0)

• Presence or absence on PEP lists (100 or 0)

2.2. Block 2 — Revenue

This block assesses the commercial dependency of a company on clients located in strategically risky countries. It is based on:

• The geographical breakdown of revenue (by country).

• The application of a geopolitical coefficient to each country, according to a typology described in section 4.

• The score is calculated by weighted average of the coefficients, according to the relative share of each country.

2.3. Block 3 — Purchases

This block evaluates dependency on foreign suppliers:

• Data from tier 1 (direct suppliers) and tier 2 (suppliers' suppliers) if available.

• Calculation identical to that of block 2: distribution by country + weighted geopolitical typology.

2.4. Block 4 — Digital

This block evaluates technological dependencies:

• Geopolitical origin of cloud providers, critical APIs, ERP software, messaging tools, CRM, etc.

• Bonus given to companies using sovereign, European, or open source tools.

• The score is calculated from the distribution of tools by origin, with a weighting similar to previous blocks.

3. Geopolitical Typology of Countries

All calculations are based on a standardised geopolitical typology of countries, which assigns a sovereignty coefficient between 0% and 100%:

Every country is classified according to this typology based on:

• its strategic alliances and multilateral commitments,

• its diplomatic history with France and the European Union,

• its status with regard to international sanctions,

• its level of alignment or opposition on major geo-economic issues.

📄 The complete list of countries with their current typology and justification is available in the table below.

4. Available Levels of Analysis

By default, in the absence of declarative or verified data, sectoral averages are automatically applied to ensure a complete score.

5. The Complete Table of Countries

Here is the complete list of countries recognised by the UN with their typology and the reason for their typology. This table is fixed for the year 2024, the reference year for producing sovereignty scores. It will be possible to have a real-time view of the scores in the next version of the SovTrack platforms.