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 60 countries based on 333 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)

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2016

Rank	Nation	Score[2]
1	Hong Kong	100.000
2	Switzerland	98.018
3	United States	97.881
4	Singapore	97.649
5	Sweden	92.353
6	Denmark	91.756
7	Ireland	91.540
8	Netherlands	91.321
9	Norway	90.054
10	Canada	90.048
11	Luxembourg	90.016
12	Germany	88.569
13	Qatar	86.716
14	Taiwan	86.374
15	United Arab Emirates	86.065
16	New Zealand	85.606
17	Australia	84.270
18	United Kingdom	83.338
19	Malaysia	83.048
20	Finland	82.037
21	Israel	80.827
22	Belgium	80.688
23	Iceland	80.580
24	Austria	80.159
25	China	79.351
26	Japan	78.716
27	Czech Republic	76.145
28	Thailand	74.681
29	South Korea	74.195
30	Lithuania	74.039
31	Estonia	73.548
32	France	73.464
33	Poland	71.303
34	Spain	69.354
35	Italy	68.705
36	Chile	67.442
37	Latvia	66.554
38	Turkey	66.551
39	Portugal	66.406
40	Slovakia	65.886
41	India	65.831
42	Philippines	65.540
43	Slovenia	64.870
44	Russia	63.939
45	Mexico	63.235
46	Hungary	62.649
47	Kazakhstan	62.636
48	Indonesia	62.376
49	Romania	62.268
50	Bulgaria	61.743
51	Colombia	58.293
52	South Africa	57.797
53	Jordan	56.875
54	Peru	56.202
55	Argentina	53.748
56	Greece	52.125
57	Brazil	51.676
58	Croatia	51.589
59	Ukraine	46.512
60	Mongolia	45.790
61	Venezuela	32.603

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2015

Rank	Nation	Score[3]
1	United States	100.000
2	Hong Kong	96.037
3	Singapore	94.950
4	Switzerland	91.916
5	Canada	90.410
6	Luxembourg	89.411
7	Norway	87.915
8	Denmark	87.077
9	Sweden	85.921
10	Germany	85.637
11	Taiwan	85.405
12	United Arab Emirates	84.750
13	Qatar	84.626
14	Malaysia	84.113
15	Netherlands	83.615
16	Ireland	82.969
17	New Zealand	81.808
18	Australia	80.452
19	United Kingdom	79.932
20	Finland	78.447
21	Israel	77.453
22	China	76.987
23	Belgium	75.442
24	Iceland	74.118
25	South Korea	73.921
26	Austria	72.878
27	Japan	72.827
28	Lithuania	71.737
29	Czech Republic	70.834
30	Thailand	69.786
31	Estonia	69.213
32	France	69.037
33	Poland	68.758
34	Kazakhstan	68.106
35	Chile	64.813
36	Portugal	64.181
37	Spain	63.542
38	Italy	60.961
39	Mexico	60.933
40	Turkey	60.501
41	Philippines	60.153
42	Indonesia	59.906
43	Latvia	59.780
44	India	59.485
45	Russia	58.510
46	Slovakia	57.176
47	Romania	57.133
48	Hungary	56.996
49	Slovenia	56.759
50	Greece	54.186
51	Colombia	53.863
52	Jordan	53.602
53	South Africa	52.702
54	Peru	54.644
55	Bulgaria	50.318
56	Brazil	47.390
57	Mongolia	47.132
58	Croatia	44.757
59	Argentina	42.739
60	Ukraine	41.986
61	Venezuela	34.261

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2014

Rank	Nation	Score[4][5]
1	United States	100.000
2	Switzerland	92.423
3	Singapore	90.966
4	Hong Kong	90.329
5	Sweden	85.833
6	Germany	85.782
7	Canada	85.429
8	United Arab Emirates	84.892
9	Denmark	84.040
10	Norway	83.293
11	Luxembourg	82.164
12	Malaysia	82.088
13	Taiwan	81.233
14	Netherlands	81.144
15	Ireland	80.360
16	United Kingdom	79.814
17	Australia	79.599
18	Finland	78.159
19	Qatar	77.116
20	New Zealand	74.943
21	Japan	73.761
22	Austria	73.699
23	China	73.258
24	Israel	73.250
25	Iceland	69.746
26	South Korea	69.649
27	France	67.941
28	Belgium	66.595
29	Thailand	64.976
30	Estonia	64.383
31	Chile	62.589
32	Kazakhstan	62.508
33	Czech Republic	62.213
34	Lithuania	62.014
35	Latvia	61.848
36	Poland	61.767
37	Indonesia	59.548
38	Russia	57.997
39	Spain	57.913
40	Turkey	57.863
41	Mexico	57.283
42	Philippines	54.952
43	Portugal	54.403
44	India	53.919
45	Slovakia	53.302
46	Italy	52.871
47	Romania	52.841
48	Hungary	52.505
49	Ukraine	50.872
50	Peru	50.576
51	Colombia	49.248
52	South Africa	48.245
53	Jordan	47.796
54	Brazil	46.778
55	Slovenia	46.245
56	Bulgaria	45.784
57	Greece	42.244
58	Argentina	39.590
59	Croatia	38.974
60	Venezuela	34.211

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2013

Rank	Nation	Score[6][7]
1	United States	100.000
2	Switzerland	93.357
3	Hong Kong	92.783
4	Sweden	90.531
5	Singapore	89.857
6	Norway	89.585
7	Canada	89.128
8	United Arab Emirates	88.439
9	Germany	86.197
10	Qatar	85.505
11	Taiwan	85.193
12	Denmark	83.514
13	Luxembourg	83.305
14	Netherlands	83.158
15	Malaysia	83.145
16	Australia	80.513
17	Ireland	79.591
18	United Kingdom	79.150
19	Israel	78.210
20	Finland	78.187
21	China	77.040
22	South Korea	75.169
23	Austria	74.711
24	Japan	74.529
25	New Zealand	73.942
26	Belgium	73.133
27	Thailand	72.966
28	France	71.327
29	Iceland	69.012
30	Chile	67.994
31	Lithuania	66.488
32	Mexico	65.626
33	Poland	65.437
34	Kazakhstan	64.899
35	Czech Republic	64.614
36	Estonia	64.422
37	Turkey	63.611
38	Philippines	63.146
39	Indonesia	61.805
40	India	59.888
41	Latvia	58.678
42	Russia	56.809
43	Peru	56.627
44	Italy	56.328
45	Spain	56.289
46	Portugal	56.225
47	Slovakia	54.485
48	Colombia	54.365
49	Ukraine	54.234
50	Hungary	53.497
51	Brazil	52.996
52	Slovenia	50.996
53	South Africa	50.627
54	Greece	49.986
55	Romania	49.703
56	Jordan	48.802
57	Bulgaria	47.800
58	Croatia	44.114
59	Argentina	42.271
60	Venezuela	31.879

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2012

Rank	Nation[8]
1	Hong Kong
2	United States
3	Switzerland
4	Singapore
5	Sweden
6	Canada
7	Taiwan
8	Norway
9	Germany
10	Qatar
11	Netherlands
12	Luxembourg
13	Denmark
14	Malaysia
15	Australia
16	United Arab Emirates
17	Finland
18	United Kingdom
19	Israel
20	Ireland

World Competitiveness Scoreboard 1997

Rank	Nation[9]
1	United States
2	Singapore
3	Hong Kong
4	Netherlands
5	Norway
6	Canada
7	Finland
8	Luxembourg
9	United Kingdom
10	Ireland
11	New Zealand
12	Switzerland
13	Denmark
14	Malaysia
15	Australia

See also

• Global Competitiveness Report
• Competitiveness

References