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Table 4: The Global Competitiveness Index 2009–2010 rankings and 2008–2009 comparisons
GCI 2009–2010 Country/Economy
Switzerland United States Singapore Sweden Denmark Finland Germany Japan Canada Netherlands Hong Kong SAR Taiwan, China United Kingdom Norway Australia France Austria Belgium Korea, Rep. New Zealand Luxembourg Qatar United Arab Emirates Malaysia Ireland Iceland Israel Saudi Arabia China Chile Czech Republic Brunei Darussalam Spain Cyprus Estonia Thailand Slovenia Bahrain Kuwait Tunisia Oman Puerto Rico Portugal Barbados South Africa Poland Slovak Republic Italy India Jordan Azerbaijan Malta Lithuania Indonesia Costa Rica Brazil Mauritius Hungary Panama Mexico Turkey Montenegro Russian Federation Romania Uruguay Botswana Kazakhstan Latvia
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
5.60 5.59 5.55 5.51 5.46 5.43 5.37 5.37 5.33 5.32 5.22 5.20 5.19 5.17 5.15 5.13 5.13 5.09 5.00 4.98 4.96 4.95 4.92 4.87 4.84 4.80 4.80 4.75 4.74 4.70 4.67 4.64 4.59 4.57 4.56 4.56 4.55 4.54 4.53 4.50 4.49 4.48 4.40 4.35 4.34 4.33 4.31 4.31 4.30 4.30 4.30 4.30 4.30 4.26 4.25 4.23 4.22 4.22 4.21 4.19 4.16 4.16 4.15 4.11 4.10 4.08 4.08 4.06
GCI 2008–2009
GCI 2009–2010
Rank*
Country/Economy
Rank
2 1 5 4 3 6 7 9 10 8 11 17 12 15 18 16 14 19 13 24 25 26 31 21 22 20 23 27 30 28 33 39 29 40 32 34 42 37 35 36 38 41 43 47 45 53 46 49 50 48 69 52 44 55 59 64 57 62 58 60 63 65 51 68 75 56 66 54
Colombia Egypt Greece Croatia Morocco Namibia Vietnam Bulgaria El Salvador Peru Sri Lanka Guatemala Gambia, The Ukraine Algeria Macedonia, FYR Argentina Trinidad and Tobago Philippines Libya Honduras Georgia Jamaica Senegal Serbia Syria Dominican Republic Albania Armenia Kenya Nigeria Tanzania Pakistan Suriname Benin Guyana Ecuador Bangladesh Lesotho Uganda Bosnia and Herzegovina Cambodia Cameroon Zambia Venezuela Ghana Nicaragua Côte d’Ivoire Mongolia Ethiopia Malawi Bolivia Madagascar Tajikistan Kyrgyz Republic Paraguay Nepal Timor-Leste Mauritania Burkina Faso Mozambique Mali Chad Zimbabwe Burundi
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
Score
4.05 4.04 4.04 4.03 4.03 4.03 4.03 4.02 4.02 4.01 4.01 3.96 3.96 3.95 3.95 3.95 3.91 3.91 3.90 3.90 3.86 3.81 3.81 3.78 3.77 3.76 3.75 3.72 3.71 3.67 3.65 3.59 3.58 3.57 3.56 3.56 3.56 3.55 3.54 3.53 3.53 3.51 3.50 3.50 3.48 3.45 3.44 3.43 3.43 3.43 3.42 3.42 3.42 3.38 3.36 3.35 3.34 3.26 3.25 3.23 3.22 3.22 2.87 2.77 2.58
GCI 2008–2009 Rank*
74 81 67 61 73 80 70 76 79 83 77 84 87 72 99 89 88 92 71 91 82 90 86 96 85 78 98 108 97 93 94 113 101 103 106 115 104 111 123 128 107 109 114 112 105 102 120 110 100 121 119 118 125 116 122 124 126 129 131 127 130 117 134 133 132
*The 2008–2009 rank is out of 134 countries. One country covered last year, Moldova, had to be excluded this year for lack of Survey data.
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