T h e 2 0 1 7 I M D Wo r l d Competitiveness Ranking COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 1 - 30) 0
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(1) Hong Kong SAR 1
100.000 99.664
(2) Switzerland 2
99.488
(4) Singapore 3
98.656
(3) USA 4
96.548
(8) Netherlands 5
95.794
(7) Ireland 6
95.558
(6) Denmark 7
95.059
(11) Luxembourg 8
94.961
(5) Sweden 9
94.084
(15) UAE 10
93.071
(9) Norway 11
92.251
(10) Canada 12
91.585
(12) Germany 13
90.482
(14) Taiwan 14
88.891
(20) Finland 15
88.668
(16) New Zealand 16
88.103
(13) Qatar 17
87.758
(25) China Mainland 18
86.776
(18) United Kingdom 19
86.398
(23) Iceland 20
85.245
(17) Australia 21
85.096
(21) Israel 22
83.905
(22) Belgium 23
83.530
(19) Malaysia 24
83.326
(24) Austria 25
82.267
(26) Japan 26
80.095
(28) Thailand 27
78.958
(27) Czech Republic 28
78.649
(29) Korea Rep. 29
77.759
(31) Estonia 30
(2016 rankings are in parentheses)
COMPETITIVENESS RANKING (Ranks 31 - 63) 0
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77.677
(47) Kazakhstan 32
75.615
(30) Lithuania 33
74.838
(34) Spain 34
74.482
(36) Chile 35
74.333
() Saudi Arabia 36
73.765
() Cyprus 37
73.721
(33) Poland 38
72.169
(39) Portugal 39
71.846
(37) Latvia 40
71.798
(42) Philippines 41
71.116
(48) Indonesia 42
70.749
(43) Slovenia 43
70.539
(35) Italy 44
69.701
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(41) India 45
68.852
(44) Russia 46
68.180
(38) Turkey 47
67.300
(45) Mexico 48
65.733
(50) Bulgaria 49
64.744
(49) Romania 50
64.727
(40) Slovak Republic 51
64.420
(46) Hungary 52
62.315
(52) South Africa 53
61.786
(51) Colombia 54
60.982
(54) Peru 55
57.960
(53) Jordan 56
57.764
(56) Greece 57
57.647
(55) Argentina 58
56.519
(58) Croatia 59
56.126
(59) Ukraine 60
55.820
(57) Brazil 61
48.136
(2016 rankings are in parentheses)
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(32) France 31
76.339
32.742
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(60) Mongolia 62 (61) Venezuela 63
The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking presents the 2017 overall ranking for the 63 economies covered by the WCY. The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and the results from the previous year’s ranking (2016) 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.