9IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2014IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 20148

The World Compet it iveness

(2013 rankings are in brackets)

(1) USA 1

(2) SWITZERLAND 2

(5) SINGAPORE3

(3) HONG KONG 4

(4) SWEDEN 5

(9) GERMANY 6

(7) CANADA 7

(8) UAE8

(12) DENMARK 9

(6) NORWAY 10

(13) LUXEMBOURG 11

(15) MALAYSIA 12

(11) TAIWAN 13

(14) NETHERLANDS14

(17) IRELAND 15

(18) UNITED KINGDOM 16

(16) AUSTRALIA 17

(20) FINLAND 18

(10) QATAR 19

(25) NEW ZEALAND 20

(24) JAPAN 21

(23) AUSTRIA 22

(21) CHINA MAINLAND 23

(19) ISRAEL 24

(29) ICELAND 25

(22) KOREA 26

(28) FRANCE27

(26) BELGIUM 28

(27) THAILAND 29

(36) ESTONIA 30

100.000

92.423

90.966

90.329

85.833

85.782

85.429

84.892

84.040

83.293

82.164

82.088

81.233

81.144

80.360

79.814

79.559

78.159

77.116

74.943

73.761

73.699

73.258

73.250

69.746

69.649

67.941

66.595

64.976

64.383

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Scoreboard 2014

(2013 rankings are in brackets)

(30) CHILE31

(34) KAZAKHSTAN 32

(35) CZECH REPUBLIC 33

(31) LITHUANIA 34

(41) LATVIA 35

(33) POLAND 36

(39) INDONESIA 37

(42) RUSSIA 38

(45) SPAIN 39

(37) TURKEY 40

(32) MEXICO 41

(38) PHILIPPINES42

(46) PORTUGAL 43

(40) INDIA 44

(47) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 45

(44) ITALY 46

(55) ROMANIA 47

(50) HUNGARY 48

(49) UKRAINE49

(43) PERU 50

(48) COLOMBIA 51

(53) SOUTH AFRICA 52

(56) JORDAN 53

(51) BRAZIL 54

(52) SLOVENIA 55

(57) BULGARIA 56

(54) GREECE57

(59) ARGENTINA 58

(58) CROATIA 59

(60) VENEZUELA 60

62.589

62.508

62.213

62.014

61.848

61.767

59.548

57.997

57.913

57.863

57.283

54.952

54.403

53.919

53.302

52.871

52.841

52.505

50.872

50.576

49.248

48.245

47.796

46.778

46.245

45.784

42.244

39.590

38.974

34.211

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The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents the 2014 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 years scoreboard (2013) 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.