“Globalization” or “Globalisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “globalization” and 5 prefer “globalisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	globalization	globalisation	Preference
United States	98	2	“globalization”
United Kingdom	28	72	“globalisation”
India	41	59	“globalisation”
Philippines	99	1	“globalization”
Canada	94	6	“globalization”
Australia	25	75	“globalisation”
Liberia	100	0	“globalization”
Ireland	36	64	“globalisation”
New Zealand	37	63	“globalisation”
Jamaica	89	11	“globalization”
Trinidad & Tobago	75	25	“globalization”
Guyana	80	20	“globalization”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“globalization”

Globalization effects on the discipline
List of demonstrations against corporate globalization
…and networks in conditions of globalization.
The pope says globalization has in part given rise…
…support a growing emphasis on globalization in legal practice.
At a 1997 conference on "Globalization and Indigenous Culture", sociologist Roland…
…primarily concerns the impact of globalization in developed and developing countries.
Because "globalization" can mean almost anything, it…
"First globalization" is a phrase used by…
…broadly, the struggle against corporate globalization.

“globalisation”

…the 21st Century, the continued globalisation of markets and access to…
…areas of design, technology, health, globalisation and sustainability.
…teaching courses on Faith and Globalisation
…of Freedom - Democracy in Globalisation"), Paris, Flammarion, 1999, 222 pages,
…without money is capitalism and globalisation, as opposed to communism.
…Commissioner of the Commission on Globalisation; A Member of the International…
The return of cosmopolitan capital: globalisation, the state and war (2003)
…as the "first age of globalisation".
…social unrest, as consequences of globalisation, and in particular of an…
…inequality under market reforms and globalisation.

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