World Competitiveness Yearbook
The World Competitiveness Yearbook is an annual report published by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) on the competitiveness of nations and has been published since 1989.[1] The yearbook benchmarks the performance of 63 countries based on 340 criteria measuring different facets of competitiveness. It uses two types of data:
- 2/3 hard statistical data (international/national sources)
- 1/3 survey data (Executive Opinion Survey)
Ranking of countries from 1997
| Nation/Territory | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 | 2019[a] | 2020[2] | 2021[3] | 2022[3] | 2023[4] | 2024[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - | 16 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Ireland | 10 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| Denmark | 13 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Qatar | - | - | - | 10 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 11 |
| Norway | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 23 |
| Canada | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| China | 27 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 14 |
| Finland | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Germany | 16 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 24 |
| Australia | 15 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
| Austria | 20 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 26 |
| Iceland | 21 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 34 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 28 |
| Israel | 25 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Thailand | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 25 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | 36 | 26 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 16 |
| Belgium | 23 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 18 |
| South Korea | 30 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 20 |
| Lithuania | - | - | 31 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 30 |
| Japan | 17 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 38 |
| France | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 31 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 47 | 54 | 42 | 42 | 32 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Czech Republic | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 18 | 29 |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | - | 32 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 35 | 43 | 37 | 35 |
| Estonia | - | 21 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 33 |
| Spain | 26 | 23 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 40 |
| Slovenia | - | 35 | 40 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 42 | 46 |
| Poland | 43 | 45 | 52 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 47 | 50 | 43 | 41 |
| Portugal | 32 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 36 |
| Latvia | - | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 51 | 45 |
| Cyprus | - | - | - | - | 37 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 43 |
| Chile | 24 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 44 |
| India | 41 | 41 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 37 | 40 | 39 |
| Italy | 39 | 34 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
| Russia | 46 | 44 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Philippines | 29 | 40 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 46 | 45 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 52 |
| Hungary | 37 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 46 | 54 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | 41 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 58 |
| Romania | - | - | 44 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 50 |
| Mexico | 40 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| Turkey | 35 | 49 | 48 | 38 | 47 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 47 | 53 |
| Colombia | 45 | 42 | 38 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 57 |
| Slovakia | - | 38 | 34 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 57 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 59 |
| Ukraine | - | - | 46 | 56 | 60 | 54 | 55 | - | - | - | - |
| Peru | - | - | - | 44 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 63 |
| South Africa | 42 | 39 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 60 |
| Jordan | - | - | 37 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 49 | 56 | 54 | 48 |
| Greece | 36 | 36 | 36 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 49 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 47 |
| Brazil | 34 | 37 | 49 | 46 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 62 |
| Croatia | - | - | 53 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 46 | 50 | 51 |
| Argentina | 28 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 66 |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | 62 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 |
| Venezuela | 44 | 46 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 64 | 67 |
| Bahrain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 25 | 21 |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61 | 58 | 59 | 55 |
| Kuwait | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 37 |
| Puerto Rico | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 |
| Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 65 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Latest year reported.
References
- ^ "IMD International". IMD. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- ^ "World Competitiveness Ranking 2020". IMD business school. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b "World Competitiveness Rankings - IMD". IMD business school. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "World Competitiveness – IMD business school for management and leadership courses". www.imd.org. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "World Competitiveness – IMD business school for management and leadership courses". 10 June 2024.
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