THE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS SCOREBOARD 2011 98.557 94.063 92.588 92.011 90.782 90.219 89.259 87.824 86.475 86.418 86.313 85.707 84.380 84.120 81.629 81.619 81.100 80.278 79.799 78.499 77.599 77.101 76.827 75.214 74.886 73.188 71.394 70.990 70.821 70.649 68.264 66.860 66.675 66.152 64.610 64.025 63.787 63.785 63.291 62.748 62.651 61.043 60.211 59.774 58.918 58.593 58.376 57.497 56.880 56.856 55.184 54.671 53.562 51.882 51.454 49.402 35.249 (58) VENEZUELA 59 (2) HONG KONG 1 (3) USA 1 (1) SINGAPORE 3 (6) SWEDEN 4 (4) SWITZERLAND 5 (8) TAIWAN 6 (7) CANADA 7 (15) QATAR 8 (5) AUSTRALIA 9 (16) GERMANY 10 (11) LUXEMBOURG 11 (13) DENMARK 12 (9) NORWAY 13 (12) NETHERLANDS 14 (19) FINLAND 15 (10) MALAYSIA 16 (17) ISRAEL 17 (14) AUSTRIA 18 (18) CHINA MAINLAND 19 (22) UNITED KINGDOM 20 (20) NEW ZEALAND 21 (23) KOREA 22 (25) BELGIUM 23 (21) IRELAND 24 (28) CHILE 25 (27) JAPAN 26 (26) THAILAND 27 UAE 28 (24) FRANCE 29 (29) CZECH REPUBLIC 30 (30) ICELAND 31 (31) INDIA 32 (34) ESTONIA 33 (32) POLAND 34 (36) SPAIN 35 (33) KAZAKHSTAN 36 (35) INDONESIA 37 (47) MEXICO 38 (48) TURKEY 39 (37) PORTUGAL 40 (39) PHILIPPINES 41 (40) ITALY 42 (41) PERU 43 (38) BRAZIL 44 (43) LITHUANIA 45 (45) COLOMBIA 46 (42) HUNGARY 47 (49) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 48 (51) RUSSIA 49 (54) ROMANIA 50 (52) SLOVENIA 51 (44) SOUTH AFRICA 52 (50) JORDAN 53 (55) ARGENTINA 54 (53) BULGARIA 55 (46) GREECE 56 (57) UKRAINE 57 (56) CROATIA 58 The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents the 2011 overall rankings for the 59 economies covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and the results from the previous year s scoreboard (2010) 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. 19
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E Extent to which basic, technological, scientific and human resources meet the needs of business 87.588 81.204 79.946 79.619 78.024 78.016 76.842 76.133 73.492 72.167 71.674 71.538 71.391 70.817 70.195 69.423 67.939 67.373 67.032 66.561 64.176 62.780 62.382 61.306 56.558 (29) PORTUGAL 25 55.224 (28) SPAIN 26 53.678 (25) MALAYSIA 27 53.125 (31) CHINA MAINLAND 28 51.763 (26) CZECH REPUBLIC 29 50.530 (32) ITALY 30 47.323 (34) SLOVENIA 31 47.079 (33) GREECE 32 46.495 (27) ESTONIA 33 45.852 (36) POLAND 34 44.908 (35) HUNGARY 35 44.460 (30) LITHUANIA 36 40.758 (37) QATAR 37 40.385 (38) RUSSIA 38 39.632 UAE 39 38.404 (44) CHILE 40 37.717 (40) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 41 35.459 (43) ROMANIA 42 35.177 (42) CROATIA 43 33.795 (45) TURKEY 44 32.396 (47) ARGENTINA 45 30.705 (39) KAZAKHSTAN 46 30.694 (46) THAILAND 47 30.402 (41) UKRAINE 48 29.232 (50) MEXICO 49 29.079 (54) INDIA 50 29.002 (49) BRAZIL 51 28.031 (52) JORDAN 52 27.906 (48) BULGARIA 53 26.356 (53) COLOMBIA 54 22.487 (55) INDONESIA 55 21.871 (51) SOUTH AFRICA 56 21.108 (56) PHILIPPINES 57 18.528 (57) PERU 58 17.277 (58) VENEZUELA 59 (2) SWEDEN 2 (5) DENMARK 3 (3) SWITZERLAND 4 (4) CANADA 5 (6) FINLAND 6 (8) GERMANY 7 (7) NORWAY 8 (9) ICELAND 9 (11) SINGAPORE 10 (13) JAPAN 11 (12) NETHERLANDS 12 (10) AUSTRIA 13 (18) AUSTRALIA 14 (16) ISRAEL 15 (17) TAIWAN 16 (15) UNITED KINGDOM 17 (14) FRANCE 18 (19) BELGIUM 19 (20) KOREA 20 (23) HONG KONG 21 (21) LUXEMBOURG 22 (22) NEW ZEALAND 23 (24) IRELAND 24 (1) USA 1 55
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY Extent to which government policies are conducive to competitiveness 87.623 (1) HONG KONG 1 79.820 (2) SINGAPORE 2 76.224 (3) SWITZERLAND 3 73.655 UAE 4 68.887 (13) SWEDEN 5 67.987 (8) QATAR 6 67.539 (4) AUSTRALIA 7 67.461 (5) NEW ZEALAND 8 66.040 (10) CANADA 9 65.979 (6) TAIWAN 10 65.149 (7) NORWAY 11 64.862 (14) CHILE 12 63.374 (11) DENMARK 13 63.259 (15) FINLAND 14 61.083 (12) LUXEMBOURG 15 60.812 (16) ISRAEL 16 60.617 (9) MALAYSIA 17 60.377 (17) NETHERLANDS 18 59.327 (22) USA 19 58.518 (24) ESTONIA 20 55.810 (20) KAZAKHSTAN 21 55.595 (26) KOREA 22 54.786 (18) THAILAND 23 53.941 (28) GERMANY 24 53.652 (23) INDONESIA 25 53.489 (29) UNITED KINGDOM 26 53.398 (27) AUSTRIA 27 52.581 (33) CZECH REPUBLIC 28 50.801 (30) INDIA 29 49.659 (19) IRELAND 30 48.186 (39) JORDAN 31 47.775 (21) SOUTH AFRICA 32 47.670 (25) CHINA MAINLAND 33 47.540 (47) TURKEY 34 46.387 (36) POLAND 35 46.358 (35) PERU 36 46.289 (31) PHILIPPINES 37 46.132 (45) SPAIN 38 45.789 (43) BELGIUM 39 45.573 (48) ICELAND 40 44.271 (32) BULGARIA 41 43.565 (41) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 42 42.600 (46) MEXICO 43 41.261 (42) FRANCE 44 40.708 (38) COLOMBIA 45 40.442 (40) RUSSIA 46 40.409 (34) LITHUANIA 47 40.116 (44) PORTUGAL 48 39.331 (50) ROMANIA 49 39.016 (37) JAPAN 50 35.690 (49) ITALY 51 35.496 (51) HUNGARY 52 34.230 (53) SLOVENIA 53 30.184 (55) CROATIA 54 29.449 (52) BRAZIL 55 28.889 (54) GREECE 56 27.566 (57) ARGENTINA 57 25.388 (56) UKRAINE 58 19.839 (58) VENEZUELA 59 53
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Macro-economic evaluation of the domestic economy 95.014 83.772 82.116 79.800 72.670 71.444 71.155 68.636 68.099 65.255 64.755 63.934 62.354 62.198 60.435 60.205 59.785 59.708 58.995 57.689 57.533 57.216 56.908 52.412 51.776 50.862 50.536 50.533 49.971 49.683 49.452 49.335 49.081 48.552 48.344 46.036 45.393 45.350 45.272 42.776 42.410 40.596 40.539 40.183 38.480 37.677 37.523 35.829 35.473 35.188 33.447 33.166 32.107 31.364 29.789 27.803 18.946 VENEZUELA 59 (9) GERMANY 6 (8) MALAYSIA 7 (16) TAIWAN 8 (11) LUXEMBOURG 9 (6) THAILAND 10 (15) SWEDEN 11 (12) CANADA 12 (7) AUSTRALIA 13 (23) UNITED KINGDOM 14 (10) SWITZERLAND 15 (25) MEXICO 16 (26) CHILE 17 (20) INDIA 18 (14) NETHERLANDS 19 (28) PERU 20 UAE 21 (17) FRANCE 22 (13) BELGIUM 23 (18) AUSTRIA 24 (21) KOREA 25 (19) NORWAY 26 (39) JAPAN 27 (22) IRELAND 28 (34) PHILIPPINES 29 (37) BRAZIL 30 (24) POLAND 31 (27) INDONESIA 32 (31) NEW ZEALAND 33 (29) CZECH REPUBLIC 34 (43) KAZAKHSTAN 35 (36) ISRAEL 36 (44) FINLAND 37 (33) ITALY 38 (32) ARGENTINA 39 (30) DENMARK 40 (35) COLOMBIA 41 (49) RUSSIA 42 (42) SLOVENIA 43 (40) HUNGARY 44 (55) UKRAINE 45 (50) TURKEY 46 (41) SPAIN 47 (46) BULGARIA 48 (47) ROMANIA 49 (38) PORTUGAL 50 (52) ESTONIA 51 (51) ICELAND 52 (57) LITHUANIA 53 (56) SOUTH AFRICA 54 (45) JORDAN 55 (53) CROATIA 56 (54) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 57 (48) GREECE 58 (3) CHINA MAINLAND 3 (4) HONG KONG 4 (5) SINGAPORE 5 (2) QATAR 2 (1) USA 1 52
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY Extent to which enterprises are performing in an innovative, profitable and responsible manner 82.230 (2) HONG KONG 1 78.747 (1) SINGAPORE 2 77.794 (3) TAIWAN 3 77.214 (9) SWEDEN 4 73.424 (19) QATAR 5 73.387 (11) DENMARK 6 71.051 (5) AUSTRALIA 7 70.617 (10) CANADA 8 69.707 (6) LUXEMBOURG 9 69.392 (13) USA 10 68.618 (7) SWITZERLAND 11 68.499 (8) NORWAY 12 67.513 (15) NETHERLANDS 13 67.046 (4) MALAYSIA 14 66.517 (16) FINLAND 15 64.150 (25) GERMANY 16 63.473 (14) ISRAEL 17 63.211 (18) IRELAND 18 62.272 (20) THAILAND 19 61.086 (12) AUSTRIA 20 60.141 (21) CHILE 21 59.237 (17) INDIA 22 56.665 (30) BELGIUM 23 56.323 (22) NEW ZEALAND 24 56.141 (28) CHINA MAINLAND 25 55.733 (27) KOREA 26 55.612 (23) JAPAN 27 53.635 (26) UNITED KINGDOM 28 52.054 (24) BRAZIL 29 51.638 (37) TURKEY 30 51.541 (32) PHILIPPINES 31 49.163 (36) ESTONIA 32 49.156 (34) INDONESIA 33 47.080 (33) ICELAND 34 46.845 (40) CZECH REPUBLIC 35 45.847 (29) KAZAKHSTAN 36 45.563 (39) COLOMBIA 37 43.975 (44) SPAIN 38 43.031 (42) PERU 39 41.978 (31) SOUTH AFRICA 40 41.827 (38) POLAND 41 41.593 (43) SLOVAK REPUBLIC 42 40.140 (51) MEXICO 43 39.300 (50) PORTUGAL 44 39.115 (41) LITHUANIA 45 38.082 UAE 46 35.716 (35) FRANCE 47 35.687 (48) ITALY 48 35.677 (49) ROMANIA 49 31.037 (47) HUNGARY 50 29.679 (52) ARGENTINA 51 29.462 (46) JORDAN 52 28.924 (45) GREECE 53 26.573 (53) RUSSIA 54 26.148 (54) UKRAINE 55 21.677 (57) SLOVENIA 56 20.854 (56) BULGARIA 57 20.186 (55) VENEZUELA 58 18.765 (58) CROATIA 59 54