Rankings 2008-2009 Competitividad Mundial

The Global Competitiveness Index rankings and 2007–2008 comparisons

GCI 2008–2009 Country/Economy

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

Rank

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 64 65 66 67 68

5.74 5.61 5.58 5.53 5.53 5.50 5.46 5.41 5.38 5.37 5.33 5.30 5.28 5.23 5.22 5.22 5.22 5.20 5.14 5.05 5.04 4.99 4.97 4.93 4.85 4.83 4.72 4.72 4.72 4.70 4.68 4.67 4.62 4.60 4.58 4.58 4.57 4.55 4.54 4.53 4.51 4.50 4.47 4.45 4.41 4.40 4.40 4.37 4.35 4.33 4.31 4.31 4.28 4.26 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.24 4.23 4.23 4.22 4.22 4.15 4.13 4.11 4.11 4.11 4.10

GCI 2008– 2009 rank (among 2007 countries)*

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 n/a 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 64 65 66 67

GCI 2007–2008 rank

1 2 3 4 7 6 5 10 8 13 12 9 11 15 16 18 14 19 20 23 21 22 17 24 25 31 35 26 29 34 37 27 33 28 30 32 43 42 n/a 55 36 39 40 38 44 41 50 49 46 48 58 56 51 45 54 76 60 59 63 52 57 47 53 72 82 61 65 74

(Cont’d.)

GCI 2008–2009 Country/Economy

Rank

Azerbaijan Vietnam Philippines Ukraine Morocco Colombia Uruguay Bulgaria Sri Lanka Syria El Salvador Namibia Egypt Honduras Peru Guatemala Serbia Jamaica Gambia, The Argentina Macedonia, FYR Georgia Libya Trinidad and Tobago Kenya Nigeria Moldova Senegal Armenia Dominican Republic Algeria Mongolia Pakistan Ghana Suriname Ecuador Venezuela Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Albania Cambodia Côte d’Ivoire Bangladesh Zambia Tanzania Cameroon Guyana Tajikistan Mali Bolivia Malawi Nicaragua Ethiopia Kyrgyz Republic Lesotho Paraguay Madagascar Nepal Burkina Faso Uganda Timor-Leste Mozambique Mauritania Burundi Zimbabwe Chad

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 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134

Score

4.10 4.10 4.09 4.09 4.08 4.05 4.04 4.03 4.02 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.98 3.98 3.95 3.94 3.90 3.89 3.88 3.87 3.87 3.86 3.85 3.85 3.84 3.81 3.75 3.73 3.73 3.72 3.71 3.65 3.65 3.62 3.58 3.58 3.56 3.56 3.56 3.55 3.53 3.51 3.51 3.49 3.49 3.48 3.47 3.46 3.43 3.42 3.42 3.41 3.41 3.40 3.40 3.40 3.38 3.37 3.36 3.35 3.15 3.15 3.14 2.98 2.88 2.85

GCI 2008– 2009 rank (among 2007 countries)*

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 n/a 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 n/a 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 n/a 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130

GCI 2007–2008 rank

66 68 71 73 64 69 75 79 70 80 67 89 77 83 86 87 91 78 102 85 94 90 88 84 99 95 97 100 93 96 81 101 92 n/a 113 103 98 108 106 109 110 n/a 107 122 104 116 126 117 115 105 n/a 111 123 119 124 121 118 114 112 120 127 128 125 130 129 131

* One country that was included last year is not shown because of lack of survey data (Uzbekistan). This explains why the lowest rank in this column is 130, rather than 131.

The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 © 2008 World Economic Forum