IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2013X

The World Compet it iveness Scoreboard 2013

(2012 rankings are in brackets)

(3) SWITZERLAND 2

(1) HONG KONG 3

(5) SWEDEN 4

(4) SINGAPORE 5

(8) NORWAY 6

(6) CANADA 7

(16) UAE 8

(9) GERMANY 9

(10) QATAR 10

(13) DENMARK 12

(12) LUXEMBOURG 13

(11) NETHERLANDS 14

(14) MALAYSIA 15

(15) AUSTRALIA 16

(20) IRELAND 17

(18) UNITED KINGDOM 18

(19) ISRAEL 19

(17) FINLAND 20

(23) CHINA MAINLAND 21

(22) KOREA 22

(21) AUSTRIA 23

(27) JAPAN 24

(24) NEW ZEALAND 25

(25) BELGIUM 26

(30) THAILAND 27

(29) FRANCE 28

(26) ICELAND 29

(28) CHILE 30

100.000

93.357

92.783

90.531

89.857

89.585

89.128

88.439

86.197

85.505

85.193

83.514

83.305

83.158

83.145

80.513

79.591

79.150

78.210

78.187

77.040

75.169

74.711

74.529

73.942

73.133

72.966

71.327

69.012

67.994

(7) TAIWAN 11

(2) USA 1

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XIIMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2013

THE WORLD COMPET IT IVENESS SCOREBOARD 2013

(2012 rankings are in brackets)

(37) MEXICO 32

(34) POLAND 33

(32) KAZAKHSTAN 34

(33) CZECH REPUBLIC 35

(31) ESTONIA 36

(38) TURKEY 37

(43) PHILIPPINES 38

(42) INDONESIA 39

(35) INDIA 40

(48) RUSSIA 42

(44) PERU 43

(40) ITALY 44

(39) SPAIN 45

(41) PORTUGAL 46

(47) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 47

(52) COLOMBIA 48

(56) UKRAINE 49

(45) HUNGARY 50

(46) BRAZIL 51

(51) SLOVENIA 52

(50) SOUTH AFRICA 53

(58) GREECE 54

(53) ROMANIA 55

(49) JORDAN 56

(54) BULGARIA 57

(57) CROATIA 58

(55) ARGENTINA 59

(59) VENEZUELA 60

66.488

65.626

65.437

64.899

64.614

64.422

63.611

63.146

61.805

59.888

58.678

56.809

56.627

56.328

56.289

56.225

54.485

54.365

54.234

53.497

52.996

50.996

50.627

49.986

49.703

48.802

47.800

44.114

42.271

31.879

LATVIA 41

(36) LITHUANIA 31

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The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents the 2013 overall rankings for the 60 economies covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and the results from the previous year’s scoreboard (2012) are shown in brackets. The Scores shown to the left are actually indices (0 to 100) generated for the unique purpose of constructing charts and graphics.