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Table 1: Global Competitiveness Index rankings and 2005 comparisons

Country/Economy

Switzerland Finland Sweden Denmark Singapore United States Japan Germany Netherlands United Kingdom Hong Kong SAR Norway Taiwan, China Iceland Israel Canada Austria France Australia Belgium Ireland Luxembourg New Zealand Korea, Rep. Estonia Malaysia Chile Spain Czech Republic Tunisia Barbados United Arab Emirates Slovenia Portugal Thailand Latvia Slovak Republic Qatar Malta Lithuania Hungary Italy India Kuwait South Africa Cyprus Greece Poland Bahrain Indonesia Croatia Jordan Costa Rica China Mauritius Kazakhstan Panama Mexico Turkey Jamaica El Salvador Russian Federation Egypt

GCI 2006 Rank

GCI 2006 Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

5.81 5.76 5.74 5.70 5.63 5.61 5.60 5.58 5.56 5.54 5.46 5.42 5.41 5.40 5.38 5.37 5.32 5.31 5.29 5.27 5.21 5.16 5.15 5.13 5.12 5.11 4.85 4.77 4.74 4.71 4.70 4.66 4.64 4.60 4.58 4.57 4.55 4.55 4.54 4.53 4.52 4.46 4.44 4.41 4.36 4.36 4.33 4.30 4.28 4.26 4.26 4.25 4.25 4.24 4.20 4.19 4.18 4.18 4.14 4.10 4.09 4.08 4.07

GCI 2005 Rank

4 2 7 3 5 1 10 6 11 9 14 17 8 16 23 13 15 12 18 20 21 24 22 19 26 25 27 28 29 37 — 32 30 31 33 39 36 46 44 34 35 38 45 49 40 41 47 43 50 69 64 42 56 48 55 51 65 59 71 63 60 53 52

Country/Economy

Azerbaijan Colombia Brazil Trinidad and Tobago Romania Argentina Morocco Philippines Bulgaria Uruguay Peru Guatemala Algeria Vietnam Ukraine Sri Lanka Macedonia, FYR Botswana Armenia Dominican Republic Namibia Georgia Moldova Serbia and Montenegro Venezuela Bosnia and Herzegovina Ecuador Pakistan Mongolia Honduras Kenya Nicaragua Tajikistan Bolivia Albania Bangladesh Suriname Nigeria Gambia Cambodia Tanzania Benin Paraguay Kyrgyz Republic Cameroon Madagascar Nepal Guyana Lesotho Uganda Mauritania Zambia Burkina Faso Malawi Mali Zimbabwe Ethiopia Mozambique Timor-Leste Chad Burundi Angola

(cont’d.)

GCI 2006 Rank

64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

GCI 2006 Score

4.06 4.04 4.03 4.03 4.02 4.01 4.01 4.00 3.96 3.96 3.94 3.91 3.90 3.89 3.89 3.87 3.86 3.79 3.75 3.75 3.74 3.73 3.71 3.69 3.69 3.67 3.67 3.66 3.60 3.58 3.57 3.52 3.50 3.46 3.46 3.46 3.45 3.45 3.43 3.39 3.39 3.37 3.33 3.31 3.30 3.27 3.26 3.24 3.22 3.19 3.17 3.16 3.07 3.07 3.02 3.01 2.99 2.94 2.90 2.61 2.59 2.50

GCI 2005 Rank

62 58 57 66 67 54 76 73 61 70 77 95 82 74 68 80 75 72 81 91 79 86 89 85 84 88 87 94 90 97 93 96 92 101 100 98 — 83 109 111 105 106 102 104 99 107 — 108 — 103 — — — 114 115 110 116 112 113 117 — —

Executive Summary

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