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Insight Report
Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
The GlobalCompetitiveness Report2012–2013
The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 | 13
1.1: The Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013
Table 3: The Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013 rankings and 2011–2012 comparisons
Rank among Score GCI 2011–2012 GCI 2011–2012 Country/Economy Rank/144 (1–7) sample rank
Switzerland 1 5.72 1 1
Singapore 2 5.67 2 2
Finland 3 5.55 3 4
Sweden 4 5.53 4 3
Netherlands 5 5.50 5 7
Germany 6 5.48 6 6
United States 7 5.47 7 5
United Kingdom 8 5.45 8 10
Hong Kong SAR 9 5.41 9 11
Japan 10 5.40 10 9
Qatar 11 5.38 11 14
Denmark 12 5.29 12 8
Taiwan, China 13 5.28 13 13
Canada 14 5.27 14 12
Norway 15 5.27 15 16
Austria 16 5.22 16 19
Belgium 17 5.21 17 15
Saudi Arabia 18 5.19 18 17
Korea, Rep. 19 5.12 19 24
Australia 20 5.12 20 20
France 21 5.11 21 18
Luxembourg 22 5.09 22 23
New Zealand 23 5.09 23 25
United Arab Emirates 24 5.07 24 27
Malaysia 25 5.06 25 21
Israel 26 5.02 26 22
Ireland 27 4.91 27 29
Brunei Darussalam 28 4.87 28 28
China 29 4.83 29 26
Iceland 30 4.74 30 30
Puerto Rico 31 4.67 31 35
Oman 32 4.65 32 32
Chile 33 4.65 33 31
Estonia 34 4.64 34 33
Bahrain 35 4.63 35 37
Spain 36 4.60 36 36
Kuwait 37 4.56 37 34
Thailand 38 4.52 38 39
Czech Republic 39 4.51 39 38
Panama 40 4.49 40 49
Poland 41 4.46 41 41
Italy 42 4.46 42 43
Turkey 43 4.45 43 59
Barbados 44 4.42 44 42
Lithuania 45 4.41 45 44
Azerbaijan 46 4.41 46 55
Malta 47 4.41 47 51
Brazil 48 4.40 48 53
Portugal 49 4.40 49 45
Indonesia 50 4.40 50 46
Kazakhstan 51 4.38 51 72
South Africa 52 4.37 52 50
Mexico 53 4.36 53 58
Mauritius 54 4.35 54 54
Latvia 55 4.35 55 64
Slovenia 56 4.34 56 57
Costa Rica 57 4.34 57 61
Cyprus 58 4.32 58 47
India 59 4.32 59 56
Hungary 60 4.30 60 48
Peru 61 4.28 61 67
Bulgaria 62 4.27 62 74
Rwanda 63 4.24 63 70
Jordan 64 4.23 64 71
Philippines 65 4.23 65 75
Iran, Islamic Rep. 66 4.22 66 62
Russian Federation 67 4.20 67 66
Sri Lanka 68 4.19 68 52
Colombia 69 4.18 69 68
Morocco 70 4.15 70 73
Slovak Republic 71 4.14 71 69
Montenegro 72 4.14 72 60
Rank among Score GCI 2011–2012 GCI 2011–2012 Country/Economy Rank/144 (1–7) sample rank
Ukraine 73 4.14 73 82
Uruguay 74 4.13 74 63
Vietnam 75 4.11 75 65
Seychelles 76 4.10 n/a n/a
Georgia 77 4.07 76 88
Romania 78 4.07 77 77
Botswana 79 4.06 78 80
Macedonia, FYR 80 4.04 79 79
Croatia 81 4.04 80 76
Armenia 82 4.02 81 92
Guatemala 83 4.01 82 84
Trinidad and Tobago 84 4.01 83 81
Cambodia 85 4.01 84 97
Ecuador 86 3.94 85 101
Moldova 87 3.94 86 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina 88 3.93 87 100
Albania 89 3.91 88 78
Honduras 90 3.88 89 86
Lebanon 91 3.88 90 89
Namibia 92 3.88 91 83
Mongolia 93 3.87 92 96
Argentina 94 3.87 93 85
Serbia 95 3.87 94 95
Greece 96 3.86 95 90
Jamaica 97 3.84 96 107
Gambia, The 98 3.83 97 99
Gabon 99 3.82 n/a n/a
Tajikistan 100 3.80 98 105
El Salvador 101 3.80 99 91
Zambia 102 3.80 100 113
Ghana 103 3.79 101 114
Bolivia 104 3.78 102 103
Dominican Republic 105 3.77 103 110
Kenya 106 3.75 104 102
Egypt 107 3.73 105 94
Nicaragua 108 3.73 106 115
Guyana 109 3.73 107 109
Algeria 110 3.72 108 87
Liberia 111 3.71 n/a n/a
Cameroon 112 3.69 109 116
Libya 113 3.68 n/a n/a
Suriname 114 3.68 110 112
Nigeria 115 3.67 111 127
Paraguay 116 3.67 112 122
Senegal 117 3.66 113 111
Bangladesh 118 3.65 114 108
Benin 119 3.61 115 104
Tanzania 120 3.60 116 120
Ethiopia 121 3.55 117 106
Cape Verde 122 3.55 118 119
Uganda 123 3.53 119 121
Pakistan 124 3.52 120 118
Nepal 125 3.49 121 125
Venezuela 126 3.46 122 124
Kyrgyz Republic 127 3.44 123 126
Mali 128 3.43 124 128
Malawi 129 3.38 125 117
Madagascar 130 3.38 126 130
Côte d’Ivoire 131 3.36 127 129
Zimbabwe 132 3.34 128 132
Burkina Faso 133 3.34 129 136
Mauritania 134 3.32 130 137
Swaziland 135 3.28 131 134
Timor-Leste 136 3.27 132 131
Lesotho 137 3.19 133 135
Mozambique 138 3.17 134 133
Chad 139 3.05 135 142
Yemen 140 2.97 136 138
Guinea 141 2.90 n/a n/a
Haiti 142 2.90 137 141
Sierra Leone 143 2.82 n/a n/a
Burundi 144 2.78 138 140
GCI 2012–2013 GCI 2012–2013
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Hong Kong SAR 9 5.41 9 11
na Chi 29 4.83 29 26
1.1: The Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013
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Table 4: The Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013
SUBINDEXES
Innovation and OVERALL INDEX Basic requirements Efficiency enhancers sophistication factors
Country/Economy Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
Switzerland 1 5.72 2 6.22 5 5.48 1 5.79
Singapore 2 5.67 1 6.34 1 5.65 11 5.27
Finland 3 5.55 4 6.03 9 5.30 3 5.62
Sweden 4 5.53 6 6.01 8 5.32 5 5.56
Netherlands 5 5.50 10 5.92 7 5.35 6 5.47
Germany 6 5.48 11 5.86 10 5.27 4 5.57
United States 7 5.47 33 5.12 2 5.63 7 5.42
United Kingdom 8 5.45 24 5.51 4 5.50 9 5.32
Hong Kong SAR 9 5.41 3 6.14 3 5.54 22 4.73
Japan 10 5.40 29 5.30 11 5.27 2 5.67
Qatar 11 5.38 7 5.96 22 4.93 15 5.02
Denmark 12 5.29 16 5.68 15 5.15 12 5.24
Taiwan, China 13 5.28 17 5.67 12 5.24 14 5.08
Canada 14 5.27 14 5.71 6 5.41 21 4.74
Norway 15 5.27 9 5.95 16 5.15 16 5.00
Austria 16 5.22 20 5.63 19 5.01 10 5.30
Belgium 17 5.21 22 5.52 17 5.09 13 5.21
Saudi Arabia 18 5.19 13 5.74 26 4.84 29 4.47
Korea, Rep. 19 5.12 18 5.66 20 5.00 17 4.96
Australia 20 5.12 12 5.75 13 5.20 28 4.56
France 21 5.11 23 5.52 18 5.04 18 4.96
Luxembourg 22 5.09 8 5.96 24 4.87 19 4.89
New Zealand 23 5.09 19 5.65 14 5.16 27 4.60
United Arab Emirates 24 5.07 5 6.03 21 4.94 25 4.64
Malaysia 25 5.06 27 5.38 23 4.89 23 4.70
Israel 26 5.02 37 5.10 27 4.79 8 5.33
Ireland 27 4.91 35 5.11 25 4.85 20 4.87
Brunei Darussalam 28 4.87 21 5.56 68 4.05 62 3.64
China 29 4.83 31 5.25 30 4.64 34 4.05
Iceland 30 4.74 30 5.27 36 4.54 24 4.69
Puerto Rico 31 4.67 48 4.86 33 4.61 26 4.64
Oman 32 4.65 15 5.69 45 4.40 44 3.91
Chile 33 4.65 28 5.35 32 4.63 45 3.87
Estonia 34 4.64 26 5.47 31 4.63 33 4.06
Bahrain 35 4.63 25 5.47 35 4.58 53 3.74
Spain 36 4.60 36 5.11 29 4.67 31 4.14
Kuwait 37 4.56 32 5.21 75 3.98 86 3.36
Thailand 38 4.52 45 4.89 47 4.38 55 3.72
Czech Republic 39 4.51 44 4.89 34 4.59 32 4.13
Panama 40 4.49 50 4.83 50 4.36 48 3.83
Poland 41 4.46 61 4.66 28 4.69 61 3.66
Italy 42 4.46 51 4.81 41 4.44 30 4.24
Turkey 43 4.45 57 4.75 42 4.42 50 3.79
Barbados 44 4.42 38 5.09 49 4.37 38 3.97
Lithuania 45 4.41 49 4.84 46 4.38 47 3.83
Azerbaijan 46 4.41 56 4.76 67 4.05 57 3.68
Malta 47 4.41 34 5.12 40 4.46 46 3.85
Brazil 48 4.40 73 4.49 38 4.52 39 3.97
Portugal 49 4.40 40 4.96 44 4.40 37 4.01
Indonesia 50 4.40 58 4.74 58 4.20 40 3.96
Kazakhstan 51 4.38 47 4.86 56 4.24 104 3.25
South Africa 52 4.37 84 4.28 37 4.53 42 3.94
Mexico 53 4.36 63 4.64 53 4.31 49 3.79
Mauritius 54 4.35 52 4.80 62 4.14 63 3.63
Latvia 55 4.35 54 4.79 48 4.37 68 3.57
Slovenia 56 4.34 39 5.05 55 4.25 36 4.02
Costa Rica 57 4.34 67 4.61 60 4.18 35 4.04
Cyprus 58 4.32 42 4.94 43 4.41 51 3.77
India 59 4.32 85 4.26 39 4.48 43 3.94
Hungary 60 4.30 55 4.78 52 4.32 58 3.68
Peru 61 4.28 69 4.57 57 4.23 94 3.31
Bulgaria 62 4.27 65 4.63 59 4.18 97 3.30
Rwanda 63 4.24 70 4.56 94 3.77 60 3.66
Jordan 64 4.23 66 4.61 70 4.03 52 3.74
Philippines 65 4.23 80 4.35 61 4.17 64 3.60
Iran, Islamic Rep. 66 4.22 59 4.69 90 3.81 77 3.46
Russian Federation 67 4.20 53 4.79 54 4.26 108 3.16
Sri Lanka 68 4.19 72 4.50 77 3.96 41 3.96
Colombia 69 4.18 77 4.40 63 4.13 66 3.58
Morocco 70 4.15 68 4.60 79 3.94 84 3.38
Slovak Republic 71 4.14 62 4.64 51 4.33 74 3.50
Montenegro 72 4.14 74 4.49 74 3.99 69 3.57
(Cont’d.)
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Hong Kongg SAR 9 5.41 3 6.14 3 5.54 22 4.73
Percent of responses
GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1990–2011
Institutions
Infrastructure
Macroeconomic
environment
Health and
primary
education
Higher education
and training
Goods market
efficiency
Labor market efficiency
Financial market
development
Technological
readiness
Market size
Business
sophistication
Innovation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Rank Score(out of 144) (1–7)
Note: From the list of factors above, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between
1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings.
2.1: Country/Economy Profiles
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Key indicators, 2011
Population (millions) ................................... 1,367.0
GDP (US$ billions) ..................................... 7,298.1
GDP per capita (US$) ................................... 5,414
GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total .......... 14.32
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GCI 2012–2013 ...................................................... 29 ..... 4.8GCI 2011–2012 (out of 142) ..................................... 26 ......4.9
GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) ..................................... 27 ......4.8
Basic requirements (40.0%) .......................................31 ......5.3Institutions ................................................................ 50 ......4.2
Infrastructure ............................................................ 48 ......4.5
Macroeconomic environment ................................... 11 ......6.2
Health and primary education ................................... 35 ......6.1
Efficiency enhancers (50.0%) .....................................30 ......4.6Higher education and training ................................... 62 ......4.3
Goods market efficiency .......................................... 59 ......4.3
Labor market efficiency ............................................ 41 ......4.6
Financial market development .................................. 54 ......4.3
Technological readiness ............................................ 88 ......3.5
Market size ................................................................. 2 ......6.8
Innovation and sophistication factors (10.0%) ...........34 ......4.0Business sophistication ........................................... 45 ......4.3
Innovation ................................................................. 33 ......3.8
The most problematic factors for doing business
Access to financing ...........................................................13.1
Inflation ..............................................................................10.2
Policy instability ...................................................................9.9
Inefficient government bureaucracy .....................................9.7
Corruption ...........................................................................9.2
Tax rates ..............................................................................8.1
Insufficient capacity to innovate ...........................................7.6
Inadequate supply of infrastructure ......................................6.4
Tax regulations ....................................................................5.7
Inadequately educated workforce ........................................5.2
Foreign currency regulations ................................................4.2
Poor work ethic in national labor force ................................4.0
Restrictive labor regulations .................................................2.2
Government instability/coups ..............................................1.9
Poor public health ...............................................................1.5
Crime and theft ...................................................................1.0
China
Factordriven
Efficiencydriven
Innovationdriven
1 Transition 1–2 2 Transition
2 –3 3
Stage of development
China Efficiency-driven economies
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
1991 1993 19971995 1999 2001 2003 20072005 2009 2011
China Developing Asia
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Market size
Innovation
Business
sophistication
Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read
the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 83.
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INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144
6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 6.01 Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.3 ............37
6.02 Extent of market dominance .................................. 4.6 ............23 6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.2 ............54
6.04 Extent and effect of taxation ................................... 3.9 ............41
6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 63.5 ..........125
6.06 No. procedures to start a business* ........................ 14 ..........134
6.07 No. days to start a business* .................................. 38 ..........116
6.08 Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 4.7 ............13 6.09 Prevalence of trade barriers ................................... 4.2 ............79
6.10 Trade tariffs, % duty* ............................................ 11.5 ..........122
6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership ............................. 4.3 ............99
6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 5.0 ............41
6.13 Burden of customs procedures .............................. 4.2 ............65
6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 27.1 ..........126
6.15 Degree of customer orientation .............................. 4.5 ............90
6.16 Buyer sophistication ............................................... 4.6 ............11
7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 4.4 ............57
7.02 Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 5.0 ............77
7.03 Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 4.3 ............42
7.04 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* ....................... 27 ..........117
7.05 Pay and productivity ............................................... 4.7 ............16 7.06 Reliance on professional management ................... 4.5 ............48
7.07 Brain drain ............................................................. 4.1 ............39
7.08 Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.88 ............34
8th pillar: Financial market development 8.01 Availability of financial services ............................... 4.6 ............68
8.02 Affordability of financial services ............................. 4.6 ............46
8.03 Financing through local equity market .................... 3.9 ............46
8.04 Ease of access to loans ......................................... 3.1 ............50
8.05 Venture capital availability ....................................... 3.5 ............22 8.06 Soundness of banks .............................................. 5.1 ............71
8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 4.3 ............58
8.08 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ................................. 6 ............65
9th pillar: Technological readiness 9.01 Availability of latest technologies ............................ 4.4 ..........107
9.02 Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 4.7 ............71
9.03 FDI and technology transfer ................................... 4.6 ............77
9.04 Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 38.3 ............73
9.05 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* ........ 11.6 ............49
9.06 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* .................. 2.7 ..........119
9.07 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.*............ 9.5 ............69
10th pillar: Market size 10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)* ................. 6.8 ..............2 10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* .................... 7.0 ..............1
11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.01 Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.2 ............28 11.02 Local supplier quality .............................................. 4.5 ............66
11.03 State of cluster development .................................. 4.6 ............23 11.04 Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 3.6 ............56
11.05 Value chain breadth ................................................ 3.8 ............49
11.06 Control of international distribution ......................... 4.3 ............41
11.07 Production process sophistication .......................... 3.9 ............57
11.08 Extent of marketing ................................................ 4.4 ............52
11.09 Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 3.8 ............54
12th pillar: Innovation 12.01 Capacity for innovation ........................................... 4.1 ............23 12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 4.2 ............44
12.03 Company spending on R&D ................................... 4.1 ............24 12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 4.4 ............35
12.05 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products ...... 4.4 ............16 12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 4.4 ............46
12.07 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* .................. 6.5 ............38
INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144
1st pillar: Institutions 1.01 Property rights ....................................................... 4.9 ............47
1.02 Intellectual property protection ............................... 3.9 ............51
1.03 Diversion of public funds ........................................ 3.7 ............51
1.04 Public trust in politicians ......................................... 4.1 ............26 1.05 Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 4.0 ............67
1.06 Judicial independence ............................................ 3.9 ............66
1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 3.8 ............34
1.08 Wastefulness of government spending ................... 3.7 ............39
1.09 Burden of government regulation ........................... 4.2 ............23 1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 4.2 ............44
1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 3.9 ............53
1.12 Transparency of government policymaking ............. 4.5 ............51
1.13 Gov’t services for improved business performance 4.3 ............32
1.14 Business costs of terrorism .................................... 5.1 ..........102
1.15 Business costs of crime and violence..................... 4.8 ............70
1.16 Organized crime ..................................................... 4.7 ............98
1.17 Reliability of police services .................................... 4.5 ............59
1.18 Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 4.0 ............58
1.19 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 4.5 ............72
1.20 Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 4.3 ............91
1.21 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests ......... 4.2 ............68
1.22 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* .......... 5.0 ............80
2nd pillar: Infrastructure 2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 4.3 ............69
2.02 Quality of roads ...................................................... 4.4 ............54
2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 4.6 ............22 2.04 Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 4.4 ............59
2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 4.5 ............70
2.06 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ...... 11,685.5 ..............2 2.07 Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 5.2 ............59
2.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ........... 73.2 ..........114
2.09 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ........................... 21.2 ............58
3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment 3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP* ..................-1.2 ............41
3.02 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 51.0 ..............5 3.03 Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 5.4 ............82
3.04 General government debt, % GDP* ..................... 25.8 ............35
3.05 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ...................... 79.6 ............22
4th pillar: Health and primary education 4.01 Business impact of malaria .................................... 5.6 ............89
4.02 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* ................................. 2.0 ............80
4.03 Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 5.1 ............84
4.04 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ....................... 78.0 ............84
4.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 5.3 ............70
4.06 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................... 0.1 ............12 4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* .............. 15.8 ............71
4.08 Life expectancy, years* ......................................... 73.3 ............75
4.09 Quality of primary education ................................... 4.5 ............42
4.10 Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 99.8 ..............4
5th pillar: Higher education and training 5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 81.2 ............90
5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 25.9 ............79
5.03 Quality of the educational system ........................... 3.9 ............57
5.04 Quality of math and science education .................. 4.6 ............33
5.05 Quality of management schools ............................. 4.2 ............68
5.06 Internet access in schools ...................................... 5.4 ............31
5.07 Availability of research and training services ........... 4.4 ............55
5.08 Extent of staff training ............................................ 4.2 ............45
China
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Rank Score(out of 144) (1–7)
GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1990–2011
Institutions
Infrastructure
Macroeconomic
environment
Health and
primary
education
Higher education
and training
Goods market
efficiency
Labor market efficiency
Financial market
development
Technological
readiness
Market size
Business
sophistication
Innovation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Percent of responses
Note: From the list of factors above, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between
1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings.
2.1: Country/Economy Profiles
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Key indicators, 2011
Population (millions) .......................................... 7.4
GDP (US$ billions) ........................................ 243.3
GDP per capita (US$) ................................. 34,049
GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total ............ 0.45
The Global Competitiveness Index
GCI 2012–2013 ........................................................ 9 ..... 5.4GCI 2011–2012 (out of 142) ..................................... 11 ......5.4
GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) ..................................... 11 ......5.3
Basic requirements (20.0%) .........................................3 ......6.1Institutions ................................................................ 10 ......5.5
Infrastructure .............................................................. 1 ......6.7
Macroeconomic environment ................................... 15 ......6.1
Health and primary education ................................... 26 ......6.2
Efficiency enhancers (50.0%) .......................................3 ......5.5Higher education and training ................................... 22 ......5.3
Goods market efficiency ............................................ 2 ......5.4
Labor market efficiency .............................................. 3 ......5.6
Financial market development .................................... 1 ......5.9
Technological readiness .............................................. 4 ......6.2
Market size ............................................................... 26 ......4.8
Innovation and sophistication factors (30.0%) ...........22 ......4.7Business sophistication ........................................... 17 ......5.1
Innovation ................................................................. 26 ......4.4
The most problematic factors for doing business
Inflation ..............................................................................20.6
Insufficient capacity to innovate .........................................16.9
Inefficient government bureaucracy ...................................15.2
Inadequately educated workforce ......................................10.9
Access to financing .............................................................6.9
Restrictive labor regulations .................................................6.7
Inadequate supply of infrastructure ......................................5.8
Policy instability ...................................................................4.8
Poor work ethic in national labor force ................................3.0
Poor public health ...............................................................2.2
Tax rates ..............................................................................1.9
Tax regulations ....................................................................1.8
Foreign currency regulations ................................................1.6
Government instability/coups ..............................................1.2
Corruption ...........................................................................0.5
Crime and theft ...................................................................0.0
Hong Kong SAR
Stage of development
Factordriven
Efficiencydriven
Innovationdriven
1 Transition 1–2 2 Transition
2 –3 3
Hong Kong SAR Innovation-driven economies
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
1991 1993 19971995 1999 2001 2003 20072005 2009 2011
Hong Kong SAR Advanced economies
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Innovation
Market size
Business
nnsophistication
Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read
the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 83.
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INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144
6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 6.01 Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.8 ..............9 6.02 Extent of market dominance .................................. 3.9 ............56
6.03 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.2 ............55
6.04 Extent and effect of taxation ................................... 5.6 ..............4 6.05 Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 23.0 ............18
6.06 No. procedures to start a business* .......................... 3 ..............8 6.07 No. days to start a business* .................................... 3 ..............4 6.08 Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 4.7 ............15
6.09 Prevalence of trade barriers ................................... 5.9 ..............4 6.10 Trade tariffs, % duty* .............................................. 0.0 ..............1 6.11 Prevalence of foreign ownership ............................. 6.0 ..............5 6.12 Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 6.0 ..............4 6.13 Burden of customs procedures .............................. 6.1 ..............3 6.14 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ...................... 233.1 ..............1 6.15 Degree of customer orientation .............................. 5.4 ............14
6.16 Buyer sophistication ............................................... 4.7 ..............7
7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 7.01 Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 5.4 ..............9 7.02 Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 6.0 ..............6 7.03 Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 5.8 ..............1 7.04 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* ......................... 6 ............16
7.05 Pay and productivity ............................................... 5.4 ..............1 7.06 Reliance on professional management ................... 5.0 ............32
7.07 Brain drain ............................................................. 5.4 ..............8 7.08 Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.76 ............82
8th pillar: Financial market development 8.01 Availability of financial services ............................... 6.2 ..............7 8.02 Affordability of financial services ............................. 6.0 ..............1 8.03 Financing through local equity market .................... 5.7 ..............1 8.04 Ease of access to loans ......................................... 4.4 ..............7 8.05 Venture capital availability ....................................... 4.5 ..............2 8.06 Soundness of banks .............................................. 6.5 ..............7 8.07 Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 5.7 ..............9 8.08 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ............................... 10 ..............1
9th pillar: Technological readiness 9.01 Availability of latest technologies ............................ 6.5 ..............8 9.02 Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 6.0 ..............7 9.03 FDI and technology transfer ................................... 5.5 ............10 9.04 Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 74.5 ............25
9.05 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* ........ 42.6 ..............1 9.06 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* .............. 964.6 ..............1 9.07 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.*.......... 51.8 ............14
10th pillar: Market size 10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)* ................. 4.4 ............36
10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* .................... 6.2 ..............6
11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.01 Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.6 ............11
11.02 Local supplier quality .............................................. 5.4 ............20
11.03 State of cluster development .................................. 5.1 ............11
11.04 Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 5.1 ............20
11.05 Value chain breadth ................................................ 5.0 ............17
11.06 Control of international distribution ......................... 5.0 ............13
11.07 Production process sophistication .......................... 4.7 ............31
11.08 Extent of marketing ................................................ 5.4 ............13
11.09 Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 4.6 ............23
12th pillar: Innovation 12.01 Capacity for innovation ........................................... 3.6 ............37
12.02 Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 4.7 ............31
12.03 Company spending on R&D ................................... 3.8 ............29
12.04 University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 4.8 ............24
12.05 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products ...... 4.0 ............31
12.06 Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 4.6 ............36
12.07 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* .................. n/a ...........n/a
INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144
1st pillar: Institutions 1.01 Property rights ....................................................... 6.1 ..............7 1.02 Intellectual property protection ............................... 5.6 ............11
1.03 Diversion of public funds ........................................ 5.7 ............12
1.04 Public trust in politicians ......................................... 4.1 ............24
1.05 Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 6.1 ............15
1.06 Judicial independence ............................................ 6.0 ............12
1.07 Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 3.9 ............33
1.08 Wastefulness of government spending ................... 4.5 ............17
1.09 Burden of government regulation ........................... 5.0 ..............4 1.10 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 5.6 ..............6 1.11 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 5.4 ..............7 1.12 Transparency of government policymaking ............. 5.9 ..............4 1.13 Gov’t services for improved business performance 4.7 ............10 1.14 Business costs of terrorism .................................... 5.9 ............52
1.15 Business costs of crime and violence..................... 6.0 ............10 1.16 Organized crime ..................................................... 6.1 ............29
1.17 Reliability of police services .................................... 6.2 ............10 1.18 Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 5.7 ............17
1.19 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 6.0 ............10 1.20 Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 5.0 ............28
1.21 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests ......... 5.3 ............13
1.22 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* .......... 9.0 ..............3
2nd pillar: Infrastructure 2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 6.5 ..............4 2.02 Quality of roads ...................................................... 6.3 ..............8 2.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 6.4 ..............3 2.04 Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 6.5 ..............3 2.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 6.7 ..............2 2.06 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ........ 2,396.3 ............14
2.07 Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 6.8 ..............3 2.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ......... 209.6 ..............1 2.09 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ........................... 61.1 ..............3
3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment 3.01 Government budget balance, % GDP* ................... 3.7 ............14
3.02 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 27.0 ............34
3.03 Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 5.3 ............80
3.04 General government debt, % GDP* ..................... 33.9 ............52
3.05 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ...................... 85.6 ............14
4th pillar: Health and primary education 4.01 Business impact of malaria .............................. n/appl. ..............1 4.02 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* ................................(NE) ..............1 4.03 Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 5.6 ............61
4.04 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ....................... 80.0 ............85
4.05 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 5.5 ............64
4.06 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................... 0.0 ..............1 4.07 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* ................ 1.3 ..............1 4.08 Life expectancy, years* ......................................... 82.9 ..............2 4.09 Quality of primary education ................................... 4.8 ............29
4.10 Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 93.8 ............68
5th pillar: Higher education and training 5.01 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 83.0 ............85
5.02 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 59.7 ............37
5.03 Quality of the educational system ........................... 4.8 ............23
5.04 Quality of math and science education .................. 5.4 ............11
5.05 Quality of management schools ............................. 5.3 ............17
5.06 Internet access in schools ...................................... 6.0 ............16
5.07 Availability of research and training services ........... 5.5 ............10 5.08 Extent of staff training ............................................ 4.6 ............24
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