The World Competitiveness

Scoreboard 2013
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100.000 (2) USA 1

93.357 (3) SWITZERLAND 2

92.783 (1) HONG KONG 3

90.531 (5) SWEDEN 4

89.857 (4) SINGAPORE 5

89.585 (8) NORWAY 6

89.128 (6) CANADA 7

88.439 (16) UAE 8

86.197 (9) GERMANY 9

85.505 (10) QATAR 10

85.193 (7) TAIWAN 11

83.514 (13) DENMARK 12

83.305 (12) LUXEMBOURG 13

83.158 (11) NETHERLANDS 14

83.145 (14) MALAYSIA 15

80.513 (15) AUSTRALIA 16

79.591 (20) IRELAND 17

79.150 (18) UNITED KINGDOM 18

78.210 (19) ISRAEL 19

78.187 (17) FINLAND 20

77.040 (23) CHINA MAINLAND 21

75.169 (22) KOREA 22

74.711 (21) AUSTRIA 23

74.529 (27) JAPAN 24

73.942 (24) NEW ZEALAND 25

73.133 (25) BELGIUM 26

72.966 (30) THAILAND 27

71.327 (29) FRANCE 28

69.012 (26) ICELAND 29

67.994 (28) CHILE 30

(2012 rankings are in brackets)

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 THE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS
SCOREBOARD 2013

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66.488 (36) LITHUANIA 31

65.626 (37) MEXICO 32

65.437 (34) POLAND 33

64.899 (32) KAZAKHSTAN 34

64.614 (33) CZECH REPUBLIC 35

64.422 (31) ESTONIA 36

63.611 (38) TURKEY 37

63.146 (43) PHILIPPINES 38

61.805 (42) INDONESIA 39

59.888 (35) INDIA 40

58.678 LATVIA 41

56.809 (48) RUSSIA 42

56.627 (44) PERU 43

56.328 (40) ITALY 44

56.289 (39) SPAIN 45

56.225 (41) PORTUGAL 46

54.485 (47) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 47

54.365 (52) COLOMBIA 48

54.234 (56) UKRAINE 49

53.497 (45) HUNGARY 50

52.996 (46) BRAZIL 51

50.996 (51) SLOVENIA 52

50.627 (50) SOUTH AFRICA 53

49.986 (58) GREECE 54

49.703 (53) ROMANIA 55

The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents

48.802 (49) JORDAN 56
the 2013 overall rankings for the 60 economies
47.800 (54) BULGARIA 57 covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked
from the most to the least competitive and the
44.114 (57) CROATIA 58
results from the previous year’s scoreboard (2012)
42.271 (55) ARGENTINA 59
are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the
left are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for
31.879 (59) VENEZUELA 60 the unique purpose of constructing charts and
graphics.
(2012 rankings are in brackets)

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 The World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2014

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100.000 (1) USA 1 62.589 (30) CHILE31

92.423 (2) SWITZERLAND 2 62.508 (34) KAZAKHSTAN 32

90.966 (5) SINGAPORE3 62.213 (35) CZECH REPUBLIC 33

90.329 (3) HONG KONG 4 62.014 (31) LITHUANIA 34

85.833 (4) SWEDEN 5 61.848 (41) LATVIA 35

85.782 (9) GERMANY 6 61.767 (33) POLAND 36

85.429 (7) CANADA 7 59.548 (39) INDONESIA 37

84.892 (8) UAE 8 57.997 (42) RUSSIA 38

84.040 (12) DENMARK 9 57.913 (45) SPAIN 39

83.293 (6) NORWAY 10 57.863 (37) TURKEY 40

82.164 (13) LUXEMBOURG 11 57.283 (32) MEXICO 41

82.088 (15) MALAYSIA 12 54.952 (38) PHILIPPINES42

81.233 (11) TAIWAN 13 54.403 (46) PORTUGAL 43

81.144 (14) NETHERLANDS14 53.919 (40) INDIA 44

80.360 (17) IRELAND 15 53.302 (47) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 45

79.814 (18) UNITED KINGDOM 16 52.871 (44) ITALY 46

79.559 (16) AUSTRALIA 17 52.841 (55) ROMANIA 47

78.159 (20) FINLAND 18 52.505 (50) HUNGARY 48

77.116 (10) QATAR 19 50.872 (49) UKRAINE49

74.943 (25) NEW ZEALAND 20 50.576 (43) PERU 50

73.761 (24) JAPAN 21 49.248 (48) COLOMBIA 51

73.699 (23) AUSTRIA 22 48.245 (53) SOUTH AFRICA 52

73.258 (21) CHINA MAINLAND 23 47.796 (56) JORDAN 53

73.250 (19) ISRAEL 24 46.778 (51) BRAZIL 54

69.746 (29) ICELAND 25 46.245 (52) SLOVENIA 55

The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents
69.649 (22) KOREA 26 45.784 (57) BULGARIA 56
the 2014 overall rankings for the 60 economies
67.941 (28) FRANCE27 42.244 (54) GREECE57
covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked
from the most to the least competitive and the
66.595 (26) BELGIUM 28 39.590 (59) ARGENTINA 58 results from the previous year’s scoreboard (2013)
are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the
64.976 (27) THAILAND 29 38.974 (58) CROATIA 59
left are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for
64.383 (36) ESTONIA 30 34.211 (60) VENEZUELA 60 the unique purpose of constructing charts and
graphics.
(2013 rankings are in brackets) (2013 rankings are in brackets)

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 The 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard
COMPETITIVENESS SCOREBOARD (Ranks 1 - 30) COMPETITIVENESS SCOREBOARD (Ranks 31 - 61)
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100.000 (2) China Hong Kong 1 73.548 (31) Estonia 31

98.018 (4) Switzerland 2 73.464 (32) France 32

97.881 (1) USA 3 71.303 (33) Poland 33

97.649 (3) Singapore 4 69.354 (37) Spain 34

92.353 (9) Sweden 5 68.705 (38) Italy 35

91.756 (8) Denmark 6 67.442 (35) Chile 36

91.540 (16) Ireland 7 66.554 (43) Latvia 37

91.321 (15) Netherlands 8 66.551 (40) Turkey 38

90.054 (7) Norway 9 66.406 (36) Portugal 39

90.048 (5) Canada 10 65.886 (46) Slovak Republic 40

90.016 (6) Luxembourg 11 65.831 (44) India 41

88.569 (10) Germany 12 65.540 (41) Philippines 42

86.716 (13) Qatar 13 64.870 (49) Slovenia 43

86.374 (11) Taiwan 14 63.939 (45) Russia 44

86.065 (12) UAE 15 63.235 (39) Mexico 45

85.606 (17) New Zealand 16 62.649 (48) Hungary 46

84.270 (18) Australia 17 62.636 (34) Kazakhstan 47

83.338 (19) United Kingdom 18 62.376 (42) Indonesia 48

83.048 (14) Malaysia 19 62.268 (47) Romania 49

82.037 (20) Finland 20 61.743 (55) Bulgaria 50

80.827 (21) Israel 21 58.293 (51) Colombia 51

80.688 (23) Belgium 22 57.797 (53) South Africa 52

80.580 (24) Iceland 23 56.875 (52) Jordan 53

80.159 (26) Austria 24 56.202 (54) Peru 54

T h e I M D Wo r l d C o m p e t i t i v e n e s s
79.351 (22) China Mainland 25 53.748 (59) Argentina 55 Scoreboard presents the 2016 overall
78.716 (27) Japan 26 52.125 (50) Greece 56 rankings for the 61 economies covered by
the WCY. The economies are ranked from
76.145 (29) Czech Republic 27 51.676 (56) Brazil 57 the most to the least competitive and the
51.589 (58) Croatia 58
results from the previous year’s scoreboard
74.681 (30) Thailand 28
(2015) are shown in brackets. The Scores
74.195 (25) Korea Rep. 29 46.512 (60) Ukraine 59 shown to the left are actually indices (0 to
100) generated for the unique purpose of
74.039 (28) Lithuania 30 45.790 (57) Mongolia 60
constructing charts and graphics.
32.603 (61) Venezuela 61
(2015 rankings are in parentheses)

(2015 rankings are in parentheses)

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 World Competitiveness Ranking 1 Year Change
WCY 2016 WCY 2017

Hong Kong SAR, 1 (0) 1
Switzerland, 2 (0) 2
Singapore, 3 (1) 3 4
USA, 4 (‐1) 3 4
Netherlands, 5 (3) 5 8
Ireland, 6 (1) 6 7
Denmark, 7 (‐1) 6 7
Luxembourg, 8 (3) 8 11
Sweden, 9 (‐4) 5 9
UAE, 10 (5) 10 15
Norway, 11 (‐2) 9 11
Canada, 12 (‐2) 10 12
Germany, 13 (‐1) 12 13
Taiwan, 14 (0) 14
Finland, 15 (5) 15 20
New Zealand, 16 (0) 16
Qatar, 17 (‐4) 13 17
China Mainland, 18 (7) 18 25
United Kingdom, 19 (‐1) 18 19
Iceland, 20 (3) 20 23
Australia, 21 (‐4) 17 21
Israel, 22 (‐1) 21 22
Belgium, 23 (‐1) 22 23
Malaysia, 24 (‐5) 19 24
Austria, 25 (‐1) 24 25
Japan, 26 (0) 26
Thailand, 27 (1) 27 28
Czech Republic, 28 (‐1) 27 28
Korea Rep., 29 (0) 29
Estonia, 30 (1) 30 31
France, 31 (1) 31 32
Kazakhstan, 32 (15) 32 47
Lithuania, 33 (‐3) 30 33
Spain, 34 (0) 34
Chile, 35 (1) 35 36
Saudi Arabia, 36 (‐36) 36
Cyprus, 37 (‐37) 37
Poland, 38 (‐5) 33 38
Portugal, 39 (0) 39
Latvia, 40 (‐3) 37 40
Philippines, 41 (1) 41 42
Indonesia, 42 (6) 42 48
Slovenia, 43 (0) 43
Italy, 44 (‐9) 35 44
India, 45 (‐4) 41 45
Russia, 46 (‐2) 44 46
Turkey, 47 (‐9) 38 47
Mexico, 48 (‐3) 45 48
Bulgaria, 49 (1) 49 50
Romania, 50 (‐1) 49 50
Slovak Republic, 51 (‐11) 40 51
Hungary, 52 (‐6) 46 52
South Africa, 53 (‐1) 52 53
Colombia, 54 (‐3) 51 54
Peru, 55 (‐1) 54 55
Jordan, 56 (‐3) 53 56
Greece, 57 (‐1) 56 57
Argentina, 58 (‐3) 55 58
Croatia, 59 (‐1) 58 59
Ukraine, 60 (‐1) 59 60
Brazil, 61 (‐4) 57 61
Mongolia, 62 (‐2) 60 62
Venezuela, 63 (‐2) 61 63
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COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 1 - 30)
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100.000 (4) USA 1

99.162 (1) Hong Kong SAR 2

98.553 (3) Singapore 3

97.534 (5) Netherlands 4

97.143 (2) Switzerland 5

96.385 (7) Denmark 6

95.659 (10) UAE 7

95.424 (11) Norway 8

95.046 (9) Sweden 9

94.337 (12) Canada 10

93.135 (8) Luxembourg 11

92.145 (6) Ireland 12

89.028 (18) China Mainland 13

88.888 (17) Qatar 14

88.754 (13) Germany 15

88.420 (15) Finland 16

87.910 (14) Taiwan 17

87.302 (25) Austria 18

87.056 (21) Australia 19

85.623 (19) United Kingdom 20

85.278 (22) Israel 21

85.174 (24) Malaysia 22

83.861 (16) New Zealand 23

83.178 (20) Iceland 24

81.308 (26) Japan 25

80.843 (23) Belgium 26

80.122 (29) Korea Rep. 27

79.955 (31) France 28

79.507 (28) Czech Republic 29

79.450 (27) Thailand 30

(2017 rankings are in parentheses)

Competitiveness Ranking
COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 31 - 63)
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78.475 (30) Estonia 31

76.889 (33) Lithuania 32

76.219 (39) Portugal 33

75.434 (38) Poland 34

75.107 (35) Chile 35

74.954 (34) Spain 36

73.346 (43) Slovenia 37

72.796 (32) Kazakhstan 38

72.697 (36) Saudi Arabia 39

72.270 (40) Latvia 40

72.256 (37) Cyprus 41

70.604 (44) Italy 42

68.925 (42) Indonesia 43

68.765 (45) India 44

67.179 (46) Russia 45

66.607 (47) Turkey 46

65.981 (52) Hungary 47

65.679 (49) Bulgaria 48

64.924 (50) Romania 49

64.659 (41) Philippines 50

63.733 (48) Mexico 51

61.326 (56) Jordan 52

60.775 (53) South Africa 53

60.236 (55) Peru 54

60.037 (51) Slovak Republic 55

57.986 (58) Argentina 56 The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking

presents the 2018 overall ranking for the
57.375 (57) Greece 57 63 economies covered by the WCY. The
economies are ranked from the most to the
57.357 (54) Colombia 58
least competitive and the results from the
56.763 (60) Ukraine 59
previous year’s ranking (2017) are shown in
brackets. The Scores shown to the left are
55.797 (61) Brazil 60 actually indices (0 to 100) generated for the
unique purpose of constructing charts and
55.344 (59) Croatia 61 graphics.
52.616 (62) Mongolia 62

27.509 (63) Venezuela 63

(2017 rankings are in parentheses)

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COMPETITIVENESS
CENTER

IMD World Competitiveness ranking 2019

One Year Change

2019 Country 2018 Change

1 Singapore 3 +2
2 Hong Kong SAR 2 - -
3 USA 1 -2
4 Switzerland 5 +1
5 UAE 7 +2
6 Netherlands 4 -2
7 Ireland 12 +5
8 Denmark 6 -2
9 Sweden 9 - -
10 Qatar 14 +4
11 Norway 8 -3
12 Luxembourg 11 -1
13 Canada 10 -3
14 China 13 -1
15 Finland 16 +1
16 Taiwan, China 17 +1
17 Germany 15 -2
18 Australia 19 +1
19 Austria 18 -1
20 Iceland 24 +4
21 New Zealand 23 +2
22 Malaysia 22 - -
23 United Kingdom 20 -3
24 Israel 21 -3
25 Thailand 30 +5
26 Saudi Arabia 39 +13
27 Belgium 26 -1
28 Korea Rep. 27 -1
29 Lithuania 32 +3
30 Japan 25 -5
31 France 28 -3
32 Indonesia 43 +11
33 Czech Republic 29 -4
34 Kazakhstan 38 +4
35 Estonia 31 -4
36 Spain 36 - -
37 Slovenia 37 - -
38 Poland 34 -4
39 Portugal 33 -6
40 Latvia 40 - -
41 Cyprus 41 - -
42 Chile 35 -7
43 India 44 +1
44 Italy 42 -2
45 Russia 45 - -
46 Philippines 50 +4
47 Hungary 47 - -
48 Bulgaria 48 - -
49 Romania 49 - -
50 Mexico 51 +1
51 Turkey 46 -5
52 Colombia 58 +6
53 Slovak Republic 55 +2
54 Ukraine 59 +5
55 Peru 54 -1
56 South Africa 53 -3
57 Jordan 52 -5
58 Greece 57 -1
59 Brazil 60 +1
60 Croa�a 61 +1
61 Argen�na 56 -5
62 Mongolia 62 - -
63 Venezuela 63 - -
IMD World Competitiveness
Ranking 2021

The 2021 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking

COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 1 - 30) COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 31 - 64)
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100.000 (3) Switzerland 1 69.069 (34) Japan 31

96.714 (6) Sweden 2 68.471 (24) Saudi Arabia 32

96.667 (2) Denmark 3 68.041 (30) Cyprus 33

96.348 (4) Netherlands 4 67.449 (33) Czech Republic 34

94.703 (1) Singapore 5 66.573 (42) Kazakhstan 35

94.493 (7) Norway 6 65.298 (37) Portugal 36

93.538 (5) Hong Kong SAR 7 64.659 (40) Indonesia 37

92.602 (11) Taiwan, China 8 64.136 (41) Latvia 38

89.561 (9) UAE 9 63.706 (36) Spain 39

89.126 (10) USA 10 63.238 (35) Slovenia 40

88.470 (13) Finland 11 63.142 (44) Italy 41

88.426 (15) Luxembourg 12 61.681 (47) Hungary 42

87.018 (12) Ireland 13 61.598 (43) India 43

86.494 (8) Canada 14 61.389 (38) Chile 44

83.926 (17) Germany 15 56.358 (50) Russia 45

83.013 (20) China 16 56.319 (49) Greece 46

82.915 (14) Qatar 17 55.195 (39) Poland 47

81.475 (19) United Kingdom 18 54.651 (51) Romania 48

80.587 (16) Austria 19 53.452 (58) Jordan 49

80.142 (22) New Zealand 20 52.520 (57) Slovak Republic 50

79.240 (21) Iceland 21 52.433 (46) Turkey 51

77.174 (18) Australia 22 52.018 (45) Philippines 52

76.829 (23) Korea Rep. 23 50.822 (48) Bulgaria 53

76.438 (25) Belgium 24 50.049 (55) Ukraine 54

73.852 (27) Malaysia 25 48.599 (53) Mexico 55

73.760 (28) Estonia 26 46.771 (54) Colombia 56

73.636 (26) Israel 27 45.453 (56) Brazil 57

72.519 (29) Thailand 28 45.389 (52) Peru 58

71.522 (32) France 29 43.126 (60) Croatia 59

70.288 (31) Lithuania 30 40.045 (61) Mongolia 60

The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking presents the
38.822 () Botswana 61 2021 overall ranking for the 64 economies covered by the
(2020 rankings are in parentheses)
38.227 (59) South Africa 62
WCY. The economies are ranked from the most to the least
competitive and the results from the previous year’s ranking
32.851 (62) Argentina 63 (2020) are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the left
are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for the unique
22.007 (63) Venezuela 64 purpose of constructing charts and graphics.

(2020 rankings are in parentheses)